Child malnutrition ravages Central Somalia with nation on brink of famine
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Malnutrition amongst children in Somalia is surging as the struggling African nation desperately tries to avoid famine. Hunger has been exacerbated by terrorism in the nation.
A screening conducted from Sept. 19-24 by U.N. agencies and other humanitarian groups in camps for internally displaced people in the Baidoa district found the situation quickly deteriorating.
Of more than 98,000 children screened between the ages of 6 and 59 months, 59% were suffering from acute malnutrition, including 24% whose cases were classified as severe, the report seen by Reuters shows.
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