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Without the food assistance they had taken for granted, many Somalis are seeing their children waste away.More than 500 malnourished children were admitted to the center for malnourished children at Banadir Hospital between April and May, according to Dr. Mohamed Jama, head of the nutrition center.

He said such increases in patients usually occur during major crises like drought or famine but called the current situation unprecedented.“The funding gap has impacted not only the malnourished but also health staff, whose salaries have been cut,” he said.Fadumo Ali Adawe, a mother of five who lives in one of the camps, said she urgently needed help for her 3-year-old daughter, malnourished now for nine months. The nearby nutrition center she frequented is now closed.

“We are unsure of what to do next,” she said.Inside that center, empty food packages were strewn about — and USAID posters still hung on the walls.

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