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Fighting Malnutrition in Chad

Malnutrition is endemic in Bokoro, as it is across many other areas of Chad. Almost half of child deaths in the country are associated with the condition. The causes of the crisis are complex but include inadequate harvests, malaria and a lack of understanding about hygiene and nutrition, causing diarrhoea and in turn malnutrition. In addition, mums often stop breastfeeding babies when they're pregnant with their next child, and seek help from traditional medicine due to a lack of access to healthcare.

The region of Bokoro lies around 300km east of Chad’s capital, N’djamena, towards the center of this landlocked central African country. This year, in villages across the Bokoro region, MSF is running 15 mobile outpatient clinics for malnourished children between the age of six months and just under five years old. In Bokoro town, it is running an inpatient therapeutic feeding centre with an intensive care unit where the sickest children are referred. For the first time, MSF is also working in the region to prevent children at risk of being malnourished from falling ill.

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Title Fighting Malnutrition in Chad

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSFSTO2621

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Date taken / Date Recorded 06/09/2016 12:00 AM

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Date taken / Date Recorded 06/09/2016 12:00 AM

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Chad

Malnutrition