'She didn’t have the energy to cry': Timor-Leste and its struggle against malnutrition

Poverty and poor education have contributed to deaths from malnutrition while disabilities often go untreated

“When she cried, her voice was like a bat, very small,” says health worker Alarico Bere. “She didn’t have the energy to cry.”

At 13 months old, Maria Sequira was identified as severely malnourished by Bere, a visiting volunteer health worker in the Timor-Leste district of Covalima. He sent Maria and her family to a visiting government outreach clinic at the top of the hill.

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