The number of children suffering from acute malnutrition has risen sharply this year.
I’m starving or more than 260,000 children under the age of five have died of related diseases in East Africa this year, according to a report by Save the Children.
The number of children suffering from acute malnutrition has risen sharply this year. Malnutrition is at least a contributing factor in about half of the deaths of children under the age of five in the region. Less than half of acutely malnourished children in East Africa are currently receiving treatment.
The report is based on data collected by the UN. According to the organization, the number of children who have died is a conservative estimate. The eight East African countries surveyed are Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.
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