Child malnutrition expected to rise in drought-hit Madagascar

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The number of acutely malnourished children is likely to increase fourfold since an October 2020 assessment by the UN. PHOTO | AFP

Madagascar’s children could suffer lifelong health problems due to the ongoing drought that has caused a severe food shortage south of the island nation.

The details emerged on Monday after the UN warned that at least half a million children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished with 110,000 in severe condition, in drought-affected southern Madagascar.