GENEVA, Switzerland — Gaza has seen its highest monthly figure of acute malnutrition in children, with hunger-related deaths rising in the enclave, the head of the World Health Organization says.
“In July, nearly 12,000 children under five years were identified as having acute malnutrition in Gaza, the highest monthly figure ever recorded,” says WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at its headquarters in Geneva.
Some 2,500 of those children are suffering from severe malnutrition, according to the WHO.
At least 99 people have died, including 64 adults and 35 children, including 29 below 5 years old, from the start of this year to July 29, Tedros says.
“The overall volume of nutrition supplies remains completely insufficient to prevent further deterioration. The market needs to be flooded. There needs to be dietary diversity,” says Rik Peeperkorn, WHO’s representative for the Palestinian territory via video link.
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