Nearly half of all women and children in Somalia have anaemia and Vitamin A deficiency, a recent study indicates. The study - conducted by the Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU-Somalia) in conjunction with the UN Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and under the technical leadership of the Institute of Child Health, University of London - said: "Somali women and children are suffering from shocking levels of anaemia and Vitamin A deficiencies."