1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgLena Peacockhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/lcampbellworldvision-org/Hamdi, a severely malnourished baby — World Vision Advocacyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BEdim4yAFB"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2022/12/01/hunger-resolution-passed/hamdi-a-severely-malnourished-baby/">Hamdi, a severely malnourished baby</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2022/12/01/hunger-resolution-passed/hamdi-a-severely-malnourished-baby/embed/#?secret=BEdim4yAFB" width="600" height="338" title="“Hamdi, a severely malnourished baby” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="BEdim4yAFB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/W345-0144-002.jpg1200800Hamdi , 7 months old was brought in to a World Vision nutrition clinic in Baidoa in South West State and upon screening found to be severely malnourished, weighing only 4 kilograms at the time. Due to the prolonged drought children are not getting enough nutrition from a severe lack of food, as parents have lost their livelihoods to the drought and food prices have gon,e high. Additionally due to limited access to water and poor sanitary conditions in settlements for internally displaced persons, waterborne diseases such as Acute Watery Diarrhea are on the rise, which is further contributing to an increase in malnutrition cases admissions across World Vision clinics. The UN has warned that nearly 386,000 Somali children under five years old could be severely malnourished by the end of 2022. Plumpy Nut, a highly nutritious paste is being administered to children with malnutrition to keep them alive, however the constant threat according to the parents and even frontline health workers is the lack of food in households causing children like Hamdi to relapse even after being treated for malnutrition and being discharged.