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Somalia malnutrition response hit by more than 80% funding drop as child hunger surges, MSF says
- Funding to fight acute malnutrition has fallen by over 80% this year (the US cut support from $70M to zero), leaving aid groups struggling to respond.
- MSF found about 1 in 4 children in Baidoa displacement camps are severely malnourished; many families survive on one meal a day and clinics are overwhelmed.
- Repeated failed rains, drought and conflict have displaced over half a million people and risk a repeat of the 2022 near‑famine unless urgent action is taken.
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