DRC kids at risk

DETERIORATING security conditions have severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months, putting an estimated 400 000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, Unicef has said.

“These children are among the most vulnerable in the country, and now they face a looming crisis if access to basic services is not restored quickly,” said MariePierre Poirier, of Unicef. “Without adequate health care, without access to food and clean water, the lives of hundreds of thousands of children are at risk,” she added. ANA