Somalia: Survey of people displaced in Baidoa finds every second child malnourished

Country: Somalia Source: Médecins Sans Frontières 11 August 2026 - One in every two children screened in displacement sites in Baidoa, Southwest Somalia, is acutely malnourished and one in every four is severely malnourished. These shocking statistics are the findings of a malnutrition survey carried out in July by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). “Behind every statistic is a child,” says Allara Ali, MSF's project coordinator in Somalia. “What we are seeing is shocking and