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As if the situation wasn’t bad enough for people facing starvation in the Greater Horn of Africa region, now UN humanitarians have warned that they’re in the grip of surging disease, linked to malnutrition.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, have been particularly affected.
All seven countries are battling measles outbreaks, four have reported cholera outbreaks and malaria is a serious threat in Sudan.
With more on the human impact of this ongoing emergency, here’s Liesbeth Aelbrecht, WHO Incident Manager, talking to UN News’s Daniel Johnson.
This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Daniel Johnson.