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From demography to poverty and access to education, housing, and basic services, alarming statistics on childhood in South Africa have again been revealed in the annual Child Gauge report.
With a specific focus on hunger and malnutrition, this year s report paints a grim picture of what life is like for most South African children. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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The slow violence of malnutrition in South Africa
By Opinion
Gilbert Tshitaudzi and Dr Mariame Sylla
The Covid-19 pandemic, and the ongoing measures to contain it, have revealed a stark divide between those who have access to adequate, nutritious, affordable diets and essential nutrition services and those who do not.
Launched last week, the 2020 South African Child Gauge, focusing on nutrition and food security, reminds us that despite South Africa being classified as an upper middle-income country, high stunting rates, micronutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition in the form of overweight and obesity in children are prevalent.
Over the past two decades, the world has reduced the proportion of children under 5 suffering from undernutrition by one third – that’s some 55 million children who are no longer missing out on the nutrients they need to develop and thrive in life.