The United Nations said it is providing aid for vulnerable people across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer from acute malnutrition. The UN, in a statement issued late Friday, attributed to Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, said it is working in collaboration with partners in responding to disease outbreaks and an ongoing food insecurity crisis across the East African country, which has left 1.2 million children suffering severe acute malnutrition. Dujarric said humanitarians were providing medical supplies, logistics support and boosting communications efforts in response to a cholera outbreak in Oromia, Sidama and Somali regions. “We are also providing medical supplies for the response to malaria which, as of July 30, has impacted over 1.7 million people and claimed 200 lives,” the statement quoted Dujarric as saying. “Our humanitarian colleagues noted that timely food assistance, prepositioning of emergency drugs, and medical supplies for impacted people are necessary,” Dujarric said.

Source: Ethiopian News August 20, 2023 12:40 UTC