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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Luke Taylor

Haiti: 97% of households in some areas suffering from severe hunger

A child suffering from malnutrition is prepared to be weighed by a health worker in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in July.
A child suffering from malnutrition is prepared to be weighed by a health worker in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in July. Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP

Haiti’s hunger crisis is now so acute that 97% of households in some areas around the capital are suffering from severe hunger, according to a new survey by the humanitarian organization Mercy Corps.

Of 2,664 households interviewed in the neighbourhoods of Croix-des-Bouquets and Delmas, 2,596 were suffering from severe hunger and usually getting no more than one meal a day.

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