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Malnutrition down to 9.5 percent in Wau

    NAIROBI

    Preliminary results of a recent nutrition survey in Wau town indicate a “dramatic improvement” in the nutritional condition of children over the last four months, UNICEF said. In its latest weekly report from Khartoum received by IRIN yesterday, UNICEF said global malnutrition rates among children under five years of age in Wau was now 9.5 percent, down from 43.3 percent in early August.

    Meanwhile, ICRC has closed its seven feeding centres and public kitchens in Wau and Tonj over the past two months on account of the improved nutritional situation. In a report received by IRIN, ICRC said it was now focusing its efforts in Bahr al-Ghazal on rehabilitation. As of mid-November, ICRC had registered over 120 unaccompanied children in Wau as part of family-tracing efforts, the report added.

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