Kenya: Malnutrition Cases Increase

3 February 2014

A district hospital has reported an increase in the number of malnourished children admitted in the past three months.

Speaking to the Star yesterday, Lodwar District Hospital nutrition officer Julia Mumbi said the facility's records indicate that an average of ten severe acute malnutrition cases are reported at the hospital every month.

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