World Health Organization: child malnutrition 'particularly extreme' in north Gaza

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber - Reuters - 05/03
United Nations organisations said on Tuesday that child malnutrition levels in northern Gaza were "particularly extreme" and about three times higher than in the south of the Palestinian enclave where more aid has been available.
  • Child malnutrition rates in northern Gaza "particularly extreme", UN says
  • One-in-six children acutely malnourished in northern Gaza, WHO says
  • Infectious diseases posing an increasing risk amongst Gaza's children
GENEVA, March 5 (Reuters) - United Nations organisations said on Tuesday that child malnutrition levels in northern Gaza were "particularly extreme" and about three times higher than in the south of the Palestinian enclave where more aid has been available.
Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative for Gaza and the West Bank, said that one-in-six children under two years of age were acutely malnourished in northern Gaza.
"This was in January. So the situation is likely to be greater today," Peeperkorn added, referring to when the data was recorded.
UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said malnutrition rates for children under five in northern Gaza, where access to aid has been highly limited since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7, were three times higher than those in Rafah in th...
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