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![[Iraq] Health situation for children in Basra has deteriorated markedly since the US-led invasion in 2003. [Date picture taken: 04/12/2006]](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200641219.jpg.webp?itok=xM6C3-PO "Of Iraq's 4.8 million children under five, one in five are thought to be chronically malnourished and about one in 10 underweight")
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