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Increasingly Isolated, Palestinians Fight Hunger
7 August, 2002
By Ben Lynfield
A study funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released Monday concluded that 1 in 5 young Palestinian children in the Occupied Territories suffers from acute or chronic malnutrition. The report said the Territories face a "humanitarian emergency" of malnutrition and related problems such as lack of affordable access to key high-protein foods.
...In Gaza, where the population is poorest, the rate of acute malnutrition is 13.2 and in the West Bank the rate is 4.3.
...The World Health Organization says a 10 percent rate of acute malnutrition constitutes a serious humanitarian problem. The Gaza rate is on a par with Nigeria and Chad, though the situation in the Palestinian territories can be improved with much greater ease, according to Earl Wall, country director for CARE International.
Copyright © 2002 The Christian Science Monitor
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http://www.usaid.gov/
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Katie Martin on 8 August 2002
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