Malnutrition a cause for concern in Sudurpaschim

As per a 2016 survey, 36 percent of children under five were stunted, nine percent wasted, and 28 percent of children were underweight in the Province.

Jayamati Bohara, a resident of Bitthadchir Rural Municipality in Bajhang district, visited the local Deulek Health Post last month after her son started losing weight and became sickly. The two-year-old boy weighed just six kilograms and his height was measured 75 centimetres during a health check-up at a local health facility.