MAURITANIA: Malnutrition has no season in Nouakchott

Full story: IRIN

At the health centre in Dar Naim, a working class neighbourhood of Nouakchott, the building for malnourished children is always full: in rural areas the seasons and crops affect malnutrition levels whereas in the capital this phenomenon remains constant throughout the year.

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