A Dec. 9 Guardian article about child malnutrition in Gaza, written by Julian Borger, included the following headline:
Yet, as independent journalist and researcher Mark Zlochlin proved on X, both of those numbers are wildly inaccurate.
Mark linked to data showing that the 9,300 figure only relates the number of children identified with acute malnutrition in screenings – the overwhelming majority of whom received out-patient care at hospitals with nutritional supplements. Only 49 of the 9,300 required in-patient hospital care:
The article also erred in claiming “according to UNICEF figures, 9,300 children were treated for severe acute malnutrition in October.”. (“Severe” is the most dangerous level of acute malnutrition.)
But, in fact, the true number of children being treated with severe acute malnutrition was less than 2,000.
We complained directly to the journalist, who thanked us for pointing out the error and informed us that he would pass it along to the Readers’ Editor. Our complaint was upheld, and editors amended both the headline and the inaccurate “severe acute malnutrition” number.
Here’s the new headline:
Here’s the revised text on the number of children treated for severe acute malnutrition.
Editors added the following addendum to the article, noting the corrections.
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