Child Hunger Surges in Somalia Amid Aid Funding Drop

Child hunger is dramatically increasing in Somalia due to an over 80% drop in funding for malnutrition response, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

11 Aug, 10:02 — 11 Aug, 15:54

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Somalia has faced decades of conflict, drought, and food insecurity, making its population highly vulnerable to humanitarian crises. A significant drop in aid funding exacerbates an already dire situation, threatening the lives of countless children and potentially destabilizing the region further.

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Child hunger and acute malnutrition have surged in Somalia.
Funding for malnutrition response in Somalia has dropped by over 80% this year.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is the source of this information.

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Funding to tackle acute malnutrition in parts of Somalia has dropped by more than 80% this year.

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One in every four children screened in certain areas of Somalia is acutely malnourished.

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US cuts in support to aid agencies are a reason for the aid funding drop.

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Specific mention of US cuts in support to aid agencies as a reason for the funding drop.

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cbcHigh3d ago

Somalia child hunger surges as aid drops, Doctors Without Borders says

Funding ‌to tackle acute malnutrition in parts of Somalia has dropped by more than 80 per cent this year, Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday, even though one in every four children screened in displacement camps in the southwest of the country is severely malnourished.

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YahooMostly Factual3d ago