13 percent malnutrition in Kisangani

Food security conditions remain of concern in Kisangani due to high prices of food items, humanitarian sources said. Although there has been some improvement in the availability of food, the population’s poor purchasing power was limiting its access to the food supplies, they said. Meanwhile, a recent nutrition survey carried out by MSF among some 1,000 children in Kisangani revealed a 13-percent malnutrition rate, including 9.3 percent severe malnutrition, according to a UN report received by IRIN. Two nutritional centres were being set up in Kisangani to assist malnourished children, the report said.