UNICEF: Fighting widespread undernutrition in Somalia

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/somalia_52031.html

HARGEISA, Somalia, 8 December 2009 - In Somalia, more than 40 per cent of children exhibit signs of chronic nutritional deprivation. This can be a life-threatening condition if appropriate interventions are not provided.

At the clinic in Hargeisa one of 200 UNICEF supported Outpatient Therapeutic Facilities in Somalia UNICEF and partners have been distributing a new ready-to-use food, Plumpydoz, to vulnerable children aged 6 to 36 months. To date, more than 130,000 young children in Somalia have benefited from this product, which is rich with minerals, high quality proteins and fats.

UNICEF also supports 30 in-patient stabilization centres where children with the most severe cases of undernutrition receive round-the-clock medical care.

I sometimes dont have work and cant provide for my children, so they get malnourished, said Derer Muse, whose daughter is receiving treatment in the stabilization centre. I have another child who was malnourished too, but was treated in this clinic and will be discharged soon.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• UNICEF
• Somalia
• Hargeisa
• Plumpy'nut
• Plumpy'doz
• children
• nutrition

[howie1962]

the solution is to give them birth control & more korans

only birth control & more violence can solve the problem