Malnutrition continues to afflict children in Nepal’s food basket

In Madhesh Province, babies suffer mainly due to poverty and lack of awareness.

Arbun Khatun, a resident of Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality-4 in Parsa district, took her ailing son Jafar Hussein to Narayani Hospital in Birgunj on January 20. The hospital referred the one-year-old, who had pneumonia, to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Home as he was also found to be suffering from severe malnutrition.