KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Seventeen percent children in southern Kandahar province are suffering from malnutrition and this percentage was rising, an official said on Friday.
Public Health Director Dr. Jamaluddin Azeemi said this during WFP food distribution ceremony to affected children.
Flour, cooking oil, lentil and special food for malnutrition children distributed 79 children’s families during the event.
Azami said children provided with food items earlier registered in the Mirwais Zonal Hospital and they were provided with treatment.
“According to a survey the level of malnutrition has surged to 17 percent in the province, in the past it stood at 13 . . .
