Nairobi: Some 479,498 children under the age of five in Kenya’s 23 arid areas are facing acute malnutrition and need treatment, the country’s National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said on Thursday. Although malnutrition cases remain high, the number represents a decline from 760,488 in July, according to NDMA’s September update released in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. “The reduction in cases is attributed to availability of milk albeit in low quantities prioritised for consumption by the under-fives, and consumption of diverse diets due to the slightly elevated purchasing power by households,” the NDMA said. The authority said that 110,169 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers are malnouri
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