Health care workers in Baidoa are treating a growing number of children for severe malnutrition. In June, 400 children were admitted for treatment, a significant increase from January. The stabilization centre has seen a total of 1,405 children between January and June, which is a large increase from the same period last year.

Further details on this worsening hunger crisis are available from Save the Children, who operate the stabilization centre in Baidoa.