( CNN ) -- More and more mothers , clutching their rail-thin , malnourished children , are arriving at the packed waiting rooms of the Doctor Without Borders clinics in central Somalia , the aid group said . In fact , the group said it is treating 1,300 children in north and south Galcayo , which is almost half the number of children treated for malnutrition in the area all of last year . `` The situation is alarming , '' said Karin Fischer Liddle , head of the organization 's mission in Somalia . `` Our staff is stretched . This is the highest number of malnourished children MSF has ever treated in the area . '' Doctors Without Borders -- widely known by its French name , Medecins Sans Frontieres -- said the brutal mix of a lengthy drought , high food prices and insecurity from violence has caused a spike in malnutrition cases . Rain has come to the area in recent weeks , Fischer Liddle said , but it has caused more children to fall ill , leading to more malnutrition cases . In the long run , the rains may help the organization 's overburdened clinics in the area . `` Hopefully , the rains all over Somalia will cause food prices to drop and help some of these families , '' Fischer Liddle said . She talked about a woman named Ubah who is at one of the nutrition centers that operate in hospitals in Galcayo . The woman went to the nutrition center after her daughter contracted measles , lost her sight and was unconscious for a week . After more two weeks , Ubah said , she saw improvement in her daughter , though she had not regained her sight . `` They gave her fluid , vitamins and therapeutic food . Now her body is better , unlike when I first brought her here . Now she looks more like other babies , '' Ubah said .
Group says it 's treating 1,300 malnourished children in Galcayo in Somalia . Rain could eventually ease crisis by bringing down food prices , official says . Woman says food helping measles-stricken daughter who lost sight .