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WHO: More than half of Somalis need humanitarian aid/Growing Measles cases
Geneva, July. 22 (ANDINA). More than half of the Somalis need urgent humanitarian aid for the famine in the country, warned the World Health Organization (WHO).
The WHO Special Envoy for Somalia, Marthe Everard, it is estimated about 3.7 million people. Earlier this year the figure was still 2.4 million, he said, told DPA.
In parts of the regions most affected by drought in half of the population suffers from malnutrition while. The daily mortality rate is 6 out of 10 000 inhabitants, said Everard.
In the south there are also 554 000 malnourished children, one in three children. Also, the growing number of measles patients in Mogadishu is a problem, said Everard.
WHO: More than half of Somalis need humanitarian aid/Growing Measles cases
Geneva, July. 22 (ANDINA). More than half of the Somalis need urgent humanitarian aid for the famine in the country, warned the World Health Organization (WHO).
The WHO Special Envoy for Somalia, Marthe Everard, it is estimated about 3.7 million people. Earlier this year the figure was still 2.4 million, he said, told DPA.
In parts of the regions most affected by drought in half of the population suffers from malnutrition while. The daily mortality rate is 6 out of 10 000 inhabitants, said Everard.
In the south there are also 554 000 malnourished children, one in three children. Also, the growing number of measles patients in Mogadishu is a problem, said Everard.
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