World Bank approves $178-million loan to support PHL efforts to curb malnutrition bworldonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bworldonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Philippines has secured a $178.1-million loan (P9.7 billion) from the World Bank to address the worsening undernutrition and stunting among Filipino children.
Last week, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) rightly called the nation’s attention to a “silent pandemic” that has been plaguing poor and vulnerable Filipinos for far too long: childhood stunting, one of the world’s most serious and yet least-addressed problems that the government fervently hopes the private sector can help solve.
Investing in Nutrition Can Eradicate Silent Pandemic Affecting Millions of Poor Families miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.