A report in the medical journal The Lancet last week argued that undernutrition is responsible for approximately 45 percent of all under-five child deaths around the world. Some 3.1 million children die each year from undernutrition; half from wasting or severe acute undernutrition, and the other half from other causes to which undernutrition contributed. Undernutrition is, in other words, is the single-greatest threat to child survival.
In conjunction with The Lancet’s publication, the British and Brazilian governments are co-hosting a conference this weekend to address the undernutrition crisis. Dubbed “Nutrition for Growth,” the conference will “bring together business leaders, scientists, governments and civil society to make the ambitious financial and political commitments needed to reach millions more pregnant women and infants with the right nutrition at the right time, and reduce cases of stunting and deaths from severe acute malnutrition.” The conference follows on a similar summit…
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Dr. Bukar Ali USMAN, mni 