Jumla sees gradual decline in malnutrition rate

Kathmandu - Mandutta Rawal Jumla district has witnessed a gradual decline in the malnutrition rate. According to the five-year data of the District Health Office, the malnutrition rate is decreasing in Jumla. As per the data for the year 2015, 10.6 percent children below one r were found under malnutrition while it was 15.4 percent in case of children from one to two years and 12.7 percent children from birth up to two years.

Likewise, in the year 2016, roughly 12.6 percent children below one year, 12.4 percent children from one to two years and 12.6 percent from birth up to two years were found having malnutrition. 10.9 percent children below one year were reported with malnutrition while 12.7 percent children from one to two years and 11.9 percent from birth up to two years were found with malnutrition in the year 2017.