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450,000 Pakistani kids die of malnutrition annually
Sunday July 15, 2012 12:10:53 PM,
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Islamabad: Pakistani health experts have said an
estimated 450,000 children die of malnutrition and other diseases
every year in the country.
Speaking during a two-day workshop, conducted by Save the Children
for journalists from Islamabad, Peshawar and Battagram, health
experts held the Pakistan government accountable for lack of
attention in this regard, Daily Times reported Saturday.
During all wars between Pakistan and India since 1947, the total
number of killings has been less than 10,000 in Pakistan. Not
noticing such huge number of children vanishing is very alarming,
the report said.
The workshop's main objective was to raise awareness about the
issue by highlighting importance of child and maternal health in
the media. The experts said every child had equal rights and
deserved an equal chance to survive.
It was unjustifiable that children still die of pneumonia,
diarrhoea, measles and other conditions that the world had both
the knowledge and resources to cure, the experts said.
Among the speakers was Luc Laviolette, a senior nutrition
specialist at World Bank, who provided an overview of various
forms of malnutrition and the state of child and maternal health
in Pakistan.
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