Children’s future depends on ending malnutrition crisis

The malnutrition crisis in the Eastern Cape is not just a health issue — it is a social, economic and political emergency.

In 2022, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) released findings of a commission of inquiry into malnutrition which revealed that out of 1,087 starving children in the Eastern Cape, 116 died from severe acute malnutrition between 2021 and 2022. ..

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