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In July 2005, an international aid agency was preparing to distribute supplementary food rations at a therapeutic feeding center near Maradi, Niger. Fearing that few people would show up, aid workers spread the word in nearby villages. This modicum of mobilization led to a near riot, as hundreds of women crowded in, all desperate to obtain food. Such a scene, which would have been unheard of in previous years, underscores the extent to which last year's emergency differed from Niger's long-term problems in feeding its population.

Government authorities and United Nations officials maintain that the nutritional emergency was caused by . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Tectonidis is a nutritional specialist in the Medical Department of Médecins sans Frontières, Paris.

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