Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2024-11-04 09:00:00
At three years old, Daniel Ongom weighs only seven kilogrammes and is unable to walk!
The flaccid legs, sunken eyes, and bulging belly are a testimony that he is battling severe malnutrition, a health condition that affects millions of children in Uganda, a country that is considered to be a food basket for a host of countries.
According to the child growth standards of the World Health Organisation, a three-year-old child is expected to weigh about 20 kilogrammes for boys and 21 for girls.
Ongom’s youthful mother, Ms Immaculate Amongi, 20, who is expecting her second child, has…
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