India, July 30 -- Admissions of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Somalia have nearly tripled over the past six months, highlighting a rapidly worsening hunger emergency driven by drought, conflict, displacement, and shrinking humanitarian funding, Save the Children has warned.
Treatment Centres Under Mounting Pressure
Save the Children said health facilities are struggling to cope with the growing number of children requiring life saving treatment for severe acute malnutrition. The surge reflects worsening food insecurity across the country, with families increasingly unable to secure enough nutritious food for their children.
Multiple Crises Fuel Food Emergency
Somalia's food crisis has been intensified by poor rainfal...