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Mozambican government aims to reduce chronic malnutrition in children
12:15 CAT | 19 Dec 2018
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The Mozambican government today said it intends to reduce chronic malnutrition in children from zero to five years from the current 43 per cent to 35 per cent in 2019 by promoting nutrient consumption and increasing food production.
“The high rates of chronic malnutrition in children in the country prevail and this is a situation that we intend to reverse,” said Mozambique’s Council of Ministers, Ana Comoana, speaking at a press conference of the last Council of Ministers’ meeting.
Ana Comoana said that the executive intends to commit itself to the promotion of consumption of products with nutrients and the focus on agro-processing.
Drought and lack of food education, he continued, are the causes for the high rates of chronic malnutrition in the country.
The spokeswoman for the Council of Ministers said that the central and northern provinces are those with high rates of chronic malnutrition, ranging from 44 per cent to 52 per cent.
A World Food Program (WFP) study released in June indicates that 26 per cent of child mortality in Mozambique is associated with malnutrition.
The study, entitled “Cost of Hunger in Africa”, also notes that 42.7 per cent of children in Mozambique have low growth and only 45.2 per cent with malnutrition receive adequate health care.
“Most health problems associated with malnutrition occur before the child reaches three years of age,” the study reads.
Source: Lusa
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