Malnutrition taking its toll in Parsa. Experts blame poverty and ignorance

The children of poor communities and Dalits are highly vulnerable to malnutrition in Madhes Province.

Seven-year-old Dil Kumari Pahari, a resident of Chandrapur Municipality-8 in Rautahat district, was taken to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Home at the Birgunj-based Narayani Hospital on June 14 in a critical condition. Dil Kumari, who belongs to the impoverished Pahari community, was diagnosed with severe