MSF survey finds severe child malnutrition among displaced families in Baidoa
Malnutrition
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.
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In brief
- What happenedAn MSF survey of displaced families in Baidoa found every second child assessed was acutely malnourished and one in four severely malnourished.
- Reported impactAffected persons: 21,000 · Displaced persons: 500,000 · Children assessed as acutely malnourished: 1 in 2
- What help is neededMore than 21,000 children entered MSF-supported outpatient nutrition care during 2026, while 2,890 required inpatient care and about 2,500 measles cases were treated.
What changed
First retained snapshot
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Situation
An MSF survey of displaced families in Baidoa found every second child assessed was acutely malnourished and one in four severely malnourished. More than 21,000 children entered MSF-supported outpatient nutrition care during 2026, while 2,890 required inpatient care and about 2,500 measles cases were treated.
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WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 1 attributed source, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 8 human-impact figures were separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.
Verified figures
- Affected persons
- 21,000 retained at 2026-08-11
- Displaced persons
- 500,000 retained at 2026-08-11
- Children assessed as acutely malnourished
- 1 in 2 retained at 2026-08-11
- Children assessed as severely malnourished
- 1 in 4 retained at 2026-08-11
- Children admitted to outpatient nutrition care
- 21,000 retained at 2026-08-11
- Children admitted for inpatient care
- 2,890 retained at 2026-08-11
- Measles cases treated
- 2,500 retained at 2026-08-11
- Surveyed households
- 888 across 14 displacement sites retained at 2026-08-11
What we knew when
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- Last verification represented by this immutable snapshot.
Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.
Provenance
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Verified
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