On a mission to fight hidden hunger

Sallo Duba outside her hut at Balesa village in North Horr, Marsabit County. She is among elderly persons who are listed as malnourished. [Ali Abdi, Standard]

In this issue of Health & Science, we highlight the plight of the northern child, when hunger becomes a way of life, a feature where our team, supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres, spent time in Marsabit in homes, with families, talking to fathers, mothers, and children.

The doctor from Medecins mentioned that the children mainly survived on sorghum, plain maize, and if from a rich family, some milk and if lucky meat. And many of the children, would never have eaten an orange or banana in their life, let alone recognise one.