More than half a million cases of acute malnutrition among children under five were recorded in the south, and the results of a survey of the north currently under way are expected to be “equally concerning”, it said.
A 15.5 per cent increase in severe malnutrition in the age group has left at least 98,000 at “high risk of dying” unless they receive urgent treatment, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Food Programme and the UN children’s fund UNICEF said in a statement.
“The data we are releasing today confirms that acute malnutrition among children is hitting the highest…
