Voice of America: UNICEF Treats Record Number of Sahel Children for Malnutrition

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

UNICEF Treats Record Number of Sahel Children for Malnutrition Dec 12th 2012, 18:36 The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says that aid agencies treated a record number of children in the Sahel region of West Africa for life-threatening severe acute malnutrition this year. Though many lives were saved, experts say that episodes of severe acute malnutrition in children have irreversible, life-long impacts on health, which are further compounded by widespread chronic malnutrition in the region.   An estimated 1.1 million children living in Africa's Sahel region ... Media files: 3E43AFF1-BE88-4C79-8CA5-042F29558F03_cx0_cy11_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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