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Somali health sector underfunded: WHO (AFP) PDF Print E-mail
Written by MD Uddin   
Sunday, 29 November 2009 21:29

A child suffering from malnutrition sits on his mother's lap at a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) on the outskirts of Mogadishu in May 2009. A senior WHO official has warned that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)AFP - A senior WHO official warned Friday that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition.