Zainab Abu Halib, 5-month old baby, died weighing less than the day she was born

Zainab Abu Halib weighed two kilograms, about 4.4 pounds, when she died of starvation. At her birth five months ago, she weighed three kilograms.

Her mother, who also has suffered from malnutrition, said she breastfed the girl for only six weeks before trying to feed her formula. But the girl needed special formula because she was allergic to cow’s milk. There was none.

“With my daughter’s death, many will follow,” said the mother. “Their names are on a list that no one looks at. They are just names and numbers. Our children, whom we carried for nine months and then gave birth to, have become just numbers.”

More information: Los Angeles Times