Severe malnutrition rates shoot up across Kenya, leaving more than 70,000 children at risk of death
(WorldNews Europe)

New survey reveals alarming malnutrition rates in Turkana, East Pokot, Mandera, Samburu, and West Pokot Nearly 73,000 children in Kenya are severely malnourished and at risk of dying from drought-related hunger unless urgent aid is made immediately available. The warning comes as results from joint nutrition assessments conducted by the County Departments of Health and UNICEF, and nine aid organisations working on the ground-including Save the Children-are revealed. The survey shows that in Turkana alone, severe acute malnutrition rates-the most life-threatening form of hunger-are up nearly four-fold in just one year, from 2.3% to 8.3%. In Turkana...