Euronews.com: The United Nations is predicting a widespread famine across Sub-Saharan Africa if there’s no increase in humanitarian aid. Officials say drought, together with recent global food price hikes, are to blame.
In Chad, UNICEF estimates that 127,000 children under the age of five are expected to suffer from severe malnutrition this year.
Dr Joliane Ghedabi treats many babies at a district hospital in the city of Mao:
“Where they live, there is no health centre, so they first use traditional healing. When they arrive here, they are already in a very critical state and it is difficult to take care of them.”
Officials think as many as one million children across five African countries will require life saving treatment for acute malnutrition.