Tanzania: Malnutrition signaled in North

  1. Posted on Tuesday 5 July 2011 - 17:44
    Mugini Jacob Mwera
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    Mugini Jacob, VoicesofAfrica alumnus in the Mara region, Tanzania
    Baraka Joseph, a five-year old boy, is now living a hopeless life marked by malnutrition.
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    The young boy is among the six children of Ms Magrethi Seronga, a woman married to another woman at Kitenga village, in Tarime District.

    The boy has been hospitalized at the Tarime District Government Hospital along with other several children facing the same problem for several weeks now.

    ‘He has been sick for a long time but the situation worsened a few months ago’, Ms Magrethi says.

    Tarime District Medical Officer, Dr Kagumilwa Kaijage, confirmed that many children under five years are facing malnutrition problem in the area.

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