MSF warns acute malnutrition soaring in Gaza
The medical charity, known by its French acronym MSF, said levels of acute malnutrition had reached an 'all-time high' at two of its facilities in the Gaza Strip.
'MSF teams are witnessing a sharp and unprecedented rise in acute malnutrition among people in Gaza,' the organisation said. 'In Al-Mawasi clinic, southern Gaza, and the MSF Gaza Clinic in the north, we are seeing the highest number of malnutrition cases ever recorded by our teams in the Strip.'
MSF said it now had more than 700 pregnant and breastfeeding women and nearly 500 children with severe and moderate malnutrition currently enrolled in ambulatory therapeutic feeding centres in both clinics.
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