Almost 3 million children ‘desperately need protection and support’ in Haiti

Nearly three million children, the highest number on record, need humanitarian support in Haiti, where they face staggering levels of violence that have exacerbated hunger and malnutrition in a country already mired in poverty and a resurgence of deadly cholera.

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Almost 3 million children ‘desperately need protection and support’ in Haiti

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