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Malnutrition threatens Kenyan children

Sunday, July 04, 2010 — updated on December 18, 2020 - 5 min read

KNH admits more than 20 children a week for in-patient care solely to deal with malnutrition. Photo/FILE

At the Kenyatta National Hospital in-patient children’s ward Grace Ouma from Huruma estate holds her son Elvis.

At nine months he weighs only 3.8 kilograms.

Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.

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