Malnutrition could soon affect nearly six million people in Haiti — study

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Nearly 5.7 million people in violence-wracked Haiti are suffering from malnutrition, and that number could climb to six million in the coming months, according to a report released Friday by a UN-backed food security initiative. Those roughly 5.7 million people -- more than half of the impoverished Caribbean country's population -- are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, defined by gaps in food consumption and the need to deplete "livelihood assets"...