Chad: Hunger Season Ends but Malnutrition Remains

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The harvest is almost in, but MSF continues to admit new patients to its emergency feeding programme in eastern Chad

It is early morning, and already hot, when two 4x4 vehicles pull up in front of a small health centre in the village of Angara in eastern Chad. A crowd of women and children huddle under a small roof to avoid the beating sun as they wait for the weekly consultation to start. They watch patiently as the team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sets up its mobile therapeutic feeding centre.

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