Sudan Among Nations with Highest Frequency of Acute Malnutrition – UN

Geneva — Sudan is now among countries worldwide with the highest prevalence of global acute malnutrition, a trend also evident among new arrivals in neighbouring countries, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Tuesday.

“Notably, our teams observe that newly arrived children in places like Chad and Uganda arrive with above acceptable levels of malnutrition,” UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch said at a UN press conference.

He noted that, for instance, recent assessments in Chad reveal extremely…