Children, mothers in Lumbini suffer from malnutrition

Gaps in public health awareness have turned malnutrition into a serious problem.

Goma Saru’s one-year-old son weighs 5.9kg. The infant does not have an appetite and vomits every time he’s fed. He suffers from bouts of fever and diarrhoea. A month ago, his 17-year-old mother took him to Chhahara Health Post, the local health post at Rainadebi Chhahara-4 in Palpa. The health workers at the facility diagnosed the infant with severe malnutrition and referred him to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Home in Butwal for treatment.