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Hunger's Global Hotspots: 13 January 2009 | WFP - Latest news - News - In Brief
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Kenya • Early warning information indicates that the
country is faced with severe drought in the pastoral, agro-pastoral and marginal
agricultural areas of Eastern and Coast Provinces. There is near total crop
failure in the marginal agricultural areas due to the poor performance of the
recently concluded rainy season, the third failed main season in a row. The
situation is compounded by current food shortages and the extremely high prices
of staple food in the country.
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hunger what | WFP - Who we are - Introduction
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923 million.
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Marasmus is caused by a lack of protein and energy with
sufferers appearing skeletally thin. In extreme cases, it can lead to
kwashiorkor, in which malnutrition causes swelling including a
so-called 'moon face'. - 4 more annotations...
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BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Q&A: Food crises and aid
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Acute malnutrition is the result of sudden weight loss due to starvation and
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How do aid agencies keep track of hunger?
They already know which areas are most at risk and use a wide variety of
tools to measure changes in food availability.These include satellite weather technology to estimate rainfall and crop
assessments which can help predict harvests.They also carry out nutritional surveys so that they know how much people are
eating and also examine the political situation which might affect the hunger of
a population.Local staff in the field also channel information from the ground.
Areas of hunger can change dramatically within a single country and these
tools create a picture of areas that need special help. - 1 more annotations...
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