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Malnourishment is when you do not get all the nutrients that you need

They is a lot of malnourishment in Malawi.

Many children die because of it.

It can also happen because of Food shortages.

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When they are food shortages and if you do not take in a lot of calories you can get different diseases like Gastric problems, HIV and very poor growth.

Not many people are eating the food required. But they are some associations trying to help Malawi for example www.americares.com

10% of 13 million people in Malawi face hunger.

58% of children under 5 years old suffer malnourishment in Burundi. 3 out of 5 children suffer from malnourishment. All those children die. Not only poor people but rich people suffer from malnourishment. Every year 15 million children die of malnourishment. Malnourishment and hunger are not the same thing but they are connected.

Bibliographies- http://www.orphannutrition.org/meeting-special-needs/severe-malnourishment/ 31/10/13
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/20/malawi-faces-food-shortage/ 31/10/13 http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/blogs/english/malnutrition-a-big-problem-of-young-children-in-burundi/ 8/11/2013 http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats.htm 8/11/2013 http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp204-us13/2013/08/10/malnutrition-in-mali/ 8/11/2013