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Global malnutrition not too high but of "concern"

    NAIROBI
    Two nutritional surveys carried out in Uganda's northern district of Kitgum showed that the prevalence of global acute malnutrition for children aged 6-59 months was "not too high" in the villages and comparable to the percentage found in IDP camps. "The percentage of severe malnutrition in the age group is higher in the villages than in the camps," a weather and food security report from the Kitgum-based NGO, Integrated Health Development Program (IHDP), said. Both surveys concluded that the percentage of global malnutrition in the 6-29 month age-range "is rather high and worrisome ... compared to the age group of the 30-59 months".

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