§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on recent levels of malnutrition among children in Gambia. [87172]
§ Clare ShortThe most recent figures for levels of malnutrition in The Gambia that we are aware of, come from a nutritional survey carried out in October 2002 by the World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with other agencies, in 29 villages. This found levels of acute malnutrition among children surveyed to be 11.2 per cent. Children in the age group between 12 and 23 months were found to be worst affected.