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Friday, July 8, 2011

Mauritania combats child malnutrition

2011-06-30

The Mauritanian Health Ministry and UNICEF on Thursday (June 30th) launched a preventive campaign against child malnutrition, ANI reported. The program will begin in the Tagant region with the distribution of nutritional supplements to some 7,000 children under age 2. Seven mobile teams will travel to 130 rural communities to provide the supplements. More than 16,411 children will be screened for malnutrition. The most severe cases will be transferred to hospitals for free care.

Source: Magharebia.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2011/06/30/newsbrief-05.

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