Acute malnutrition nearly doubled among Iraqi children: UNICEF

[maddezmom]

NEW YORK (AFP) - The United Nations (news - web sites) Children's Fund (UNICEF (news - web sites)) warned that the number of young Iraqi children suffering from acute malnutrition has nearly doubled since the March 2003 invasion, as health and living conditions have deteriorated.


Almost eight percent of Iraqi children younger than five suffer from chronic diarrhea and protein deficiency, the agency's latest reports said.


"This means that hundreds of thousands of children are today suffering the severe effects of diarrhea and nutrient deficiencies," UNICEF executive director Carol Bellamy said.


Diarrhea, caused mainly by unsafe water and in some areas lack of clean supplies, is responsible for 70 percent of child deaths in Iraq (news - web sites), the agency said.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041205/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_unicef_malnutrition&cid=1514&ncid=1480

[Barrett808]

1. Title already changed: "Health minister denies UN report ..." n/t

[gottaB]

2. UNICEF is a better source than the FAO World Food Survey

It's a lame rebuttal. The Change of headlines is unjustifiable.

[ooglymoogly]

10. well kel supreeeeeeez eom

[Endangered Specie]

3. And how many Americans do you suppose will care?

20% i'd guess, and that is generous.

[gottaB]

5. very generous, I'd say

[NNN0LHI]

4. Why does UNICEF hate America? n/t

[Maeve]

6. War is not healthy for children and other living things

Sigh.

[NNN0LHI]

7. Oh, come on now. Why do these people hate America?

Jeezy Pete people. Get your priorities straight here. Aren't their some psycho SUV drivers to talk about to get our beautiful minds off of these trivial matters?

Don

[Massachusetts]

8. If these stubborn Iraqis

would just lie down, roll over and obey The U.S. government (like most good Americans do, 50% anyway), then they would get the basic necessities of life. "Democracy" is a good thing can't they see this?

Listen to this administration, they know whats best for you, me, the Iraqis and all beings in the universe.

:crazy: :crazy: :bounce: :bounce: :smoke:

[struggle4progress]

9. "Why Malnourished Children Don't Matter" -- A New Economic Report

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