MOZAMBIQUE: High Levels of Malnourishment Among Vulnerable Children

A recent post-harvest survey in Mozambique has shown worrying levels of vulnerability for children and orphans due to the combined impact of drought and HIV/AIDS. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said additional analysis of data collected by the national Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC) in May and June, showed that "maternal orphans were found to be 50 percent more likely to be chronically malnourished than the general child population and 120 percent more likely to be severely chronically malnourished.