Bags of subsidized food from the government arrive every five months, but they are consumed by the families within a week, according to Anailin’s mother, Maibeli Nava, and her neighbors. Ms. Molero said Anailin’s case was one of the worst she had seen. The child’s severe malnutrition case was complicated by a genetic neurological disease, which causes convulsions and muscular problems, and makes digestion difficult, the nurse said. Anailin, who weighs half of what she should, is too weak to travel, Ms. Molero said. “My baby had deteriorated and was in a very bad state,” said her mother, Ms. Nava, who is 25.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2019 22:05 UTC