JAKARTA - The United Nations (UNICEF) Children's Funds state that the malnutrition rate in children in the Gaza Strip is increasing at an alarming pace. Recent data show that severe acute malnutrition rates in children examined in August reached an unprecedented level.
Reported by ANTARA from WAFA-OANA, Friday, September 12, UNICEF reported that the malnutrition rate across Gaza rose to 13.5 percent in August, compared to 8.3 percent in July.
In Gaza City, places of hunger have been confirmed, 19 percent of children undergoing treatment suffer from severe malnutrition, up from 16 percent in July.
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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said one in five children in Gaza City were diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition in August and needed life-saving emergency nutritional support, provided by UNICEF.
He added that although UNICEF managed to bring more supplies to the Gaza Strip, Israel's ongoing military escalation forced about 10 nutritional centers to close, making children more vulnerable.
Russell emphasized the need for nutrition service protection in Gaza City and throughout the region. "There are no children who should be suffering from malnutrition that we can actually prevent and treat if access to assistance is safe available," he said.
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