Doctors Without Borders: Niger - Fighting Malnutrition and Malaria During the Annual Hunger Gap
November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news:
When three-year-old Mohammed Sani arrived at the Magaria district hospital in Niger's Zinder region, his face was so swollen he could barely open his eyes. He was suffering from kwashiorkor, a form of severe acute malnutrition characterized by swelling in the face and limbs. Without treatment, complications are frequent and potentially life-threatening, with high mortality rates. Luc . . .
When three-year-old Mohammed Sani arrived at the Magaria district hospital in Niger's Zinder region, his face was so swollen he could barely open his eyes. He was suffering from kwashiorkor, a form of severe acute malnutrition characterized by swelling in the face and limbs. Without treatment, complications are frequent and potentially life-threatening, with high mortality rates. Luc . . .