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We are starving but can’t sell or milk our cows

Data shows that at least 652,960 children are malnourished and require immediate treatment. [Courtesy]

Isaac Elim, a father in Loima village, Turkana County, was told by doctors that his three-year-old daughter was suffering from acute malnutrition. His pregnant wife was also screened at the Turkana County Referral Hospital but the screenings are most times hampered as the pastoralist family migrates in search of pasture and water for their stock.

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