Malnutrition spikes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after floods: EU agency
By Alisa Tang BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of severely malnourished children has spiked in northern Rakhine state in Myanmar, a European Union agency said, after floods six months ago dealt a new blow to an area home to a persecuted population with little access to basic services. About 90 percent of the people in northern Rakhine state are Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority that faces discrimination and violence in mostly Buddhist Myanmar. Widespread floods across Myanmar six months ago – caused by torrential rains and Cyclone Komen – destroyed crops, damaged rice paddies and contaminated water sources, worsening food insecurity.
