Malnutrition in children serious health challenge in several Karnali districts

Poverty, food shortage and lack of awareness behind existing malnutrition crisis, say experts.

A pair of twin sisters, aged 18 months, of Khandachakra Municipality Ward No. 5 in Kalikot was rushed to nearby Daha Health Post last week after they suffered from diarrhoea. In the course of treatment, both of them were found suffering from severe malnutrition and were referred to the district hospital.