Severe Malnutrition Returns to Honduran Children After Long Drought

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 27, 2026 · Originally reported September 25, 2026 by TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Pediatricians in public hospitals are treating children under five with marasmus and kwashiorkor, forms of severe acute malnutrition not seen at these levels in decades, a direct result of four months of extreme drought driven by the 'super El Niño' phenomenon.

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