addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Overview:#Kule Refugee Camp was established in May 2014 in response to major refugee influx from #SouthSudan; it wasn't fully stabilized until 2016. The camp has now reached its full capacity,but the shortage of shelters remains a major challenge https://t.co/b97fXtLJls #Ethiopia https://t.co/jiEggbPM8o
News: #MSF pleads for immediate resumption of food distributions after recording alarming rise of acute malnutrition in #Ethiopia
*More than 20 million people in Ethiopia rely heavily on food assistance
*MSF data collected between Jan. & April this year show, of the 8,000 pregnant women & new mothers screened in #Shire & #Sheraro in #Tigray, 72.5% were acutely malnourished.
*The #Somali region has the largest number of children under five with acute malnutrition and some of the lowest vaccination coverage
*In the health center at #Kule refugee camp, in #Gambella region, the number of children under five being treated for severe malnutrition has almost doubled.
https://addisstandard.com/news-msf-pleads-for-immediate-resumption-of-food-distributions-after-recording-alarming-rise-of-acute-malnutrition-in-ethiopia/
*More than 20 million people in Ethiopia rely heavily on food assistance
*MSF data collected between Jan. & April this year show, of the 8,000 pregnant women & new mothers screened in #Shire & #Sheraro in #Tigray, 72.5% were acutely malnourished.
*The #Somali region has the largest number of children under five with acute malnutrition and some of the lowest vaccination coverage
*In the health center at #Kule refugee camp, in #Gambella region, the number of children under five being treated for severe malnutrition has almost doubled.
https://addisstandard.com/news-msf-pleads-for-immediate-resumption-of-food-distributions-after-recording-alarming-rise-of-acute-malnutrition-in-ethiopia/