Somalia: Children facing deadly hunger as admissions for severe malnutrition nearly triple in six months

Country: Somalia Source: Save the Children BAIDOA, Somalia, 29 July 2026 – The number of children receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition in Baidoa, south central Somalia, nearly tripled in six months, according to new figures from Save the Children’s stabilization centre in the region [1], warning over the country’s worsening drought and hunger crisis. Health care workers at Save the Children's Baidoa stabilization centres treated 400 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition with o