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24 percent malnutrition among Angolan refugees

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    A mission by UNHCR and MSF to camps housing Angolan refugees in Katanga province reported an “alarming” rate of malnutrition, UNHCR said in its latest update on the Great Lakes region, issued yesterday. The global malnutrition rate in the Kisenge camps was 24 percent, while 12 percent of the population was severely malnourished, it said. In response, UNHCR is establishing three therapeutic feeding centres and will purchase supplementary food locally. A shipment of WFP food is expected to arrive shortly, the report added.

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