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El Niño is over but its impact on children is set to worsen as disease, malnutrition continue to spread

The 2015-2016 El Niño has ended but its devastating impact on children is worsening, as hunger, malnutrition and disease continue to increase following the severe droughts and floods spawned by the event, one of the strongest on record, UNICEF said today.

Hunger crisis in Malawi threats survival of children

The deepening hunger crisis in Malawi is threatening the survival of children, with latest statistics on severe acute malnutrition (SAM) showing a 100 per cent increase from December 2015 to January 2016.

UNICEF: Malnutrition mounts as El Niño takes hold

Almost one million children are in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF said today. Two years of erratic rain and drought have combined with one of the most powerful El Niño events in 50 years to wreak havoc on the lives of the most vulnerable children.
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