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Gaza: 9,300 children treated for acute malnutrition in October
9,300 children in the Gaza Strip were treated for acute malnutrition in October, according to UNICEF. This is despite a so-called ‘ceasefire’ which started the same month. Aid agencies had hoped food, medical supplies and shelters would now be reaching the population, but there has been no sign of any rapid improvement. Acute malnutrition in children UNICEF says this figure is “shockingly high“. It is lower than the roughly 14,000 children treat…
"The need to accelerate and intensify the introduction of humanitarian assistance, especially clothing and tents," the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) stressed on Saturday that "the late arrival of essential supplies, in conjunction with the effects of the low airfall, exacerbates health threats and puts children's lives at increased risk." The nutrition tests conducted by UNICEF and its partners in Gaza over the past month showed that 9…
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