CHAD: Malnutrition in east persists into harvest season Photo: Phuong Tran/IRIN Hungry baby at Abeche regional hospital's therapeutic feeding centre (November 2009) ABÉCHÉ, 16 December 2009 (IRIN) – Well into the harvest season, severe malnutrition has not yet dropped in the eastern city of Abéché based on the tonnage of Plumpy... Read more

Malnutrition in Mali Photo: Phuong Tran/IRIN Malnutrition in Mali causes problems SIKASSO, 29 December 2009 (IRIN) – Sikasso is one of Mali’s most fertile regions, but under-five malnutrition is as high here as in the country’s barren north, according to government health data. Health workers and agricultural experts explain... Read more