Pakistan behind Afghanistan in malnutrition
National
February 8, 2021
Islamabad: Public health expert Dr. Shahzad Ali Khan has said that malnutrition is a huge problem in Pakistan and Pakistan is placed in stunting growth index on 2nd number after Afghanistan while it is the worst in all indicators of stunting, wasting, underweight and exclusive breastfeeding.
Dr. Shahzad was speaking a webinar on “Nutrition integration for social protection and early education” organised here by Sustainable Development Policy Institute. Dr. Shahzad observed that minimum acceptable diet, meal and minimum diet diversity in Pakistan is poor in both terms of quality and quantity and hence, it must be improved.
Pakistan just behind Afghanistan in malnutrition
Islamabad
February 8, 2021
Islamabad : Public health expert Dr. Shahzad Ali Khan has said that malnutrition is a huge problem in Pakistan and Pakistan is placed in stunting growth index on 2nd number after Afghanistan while it is the worst in all indicators of stunting, wasting, underweight and exclusive breastfeeding.
Dr. Shahzad was speaking a webinar on “Nutrition integration for social protection and early education” organised here by Sustainable Development Policy Institute.
Dr. Shahzad observed that minimum acceptable diet, meal and minimum diet diversity in Pakistan is poor in both terms of quality and quantity and hence, it must be improved.
Experts highlight need to prioritise health spending
Pandemic resulted in lesser access to healthcare facilities for expecting women
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ISLAMABAD:
The society needs to change its behaviour towards health spending to face the emerging health and nutrition challenges after the novel coronavirus pandemic.
In addition to policy level response by the governments, universal health coverage has become need of hour to respond to needs of the citizens. Noted physicians and experts from the health sector said this while sharing their views with the participants of Universal Health Coverage and Nutrition Integration – Challenges to Health Systems in Pakistan During Covid-19, organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on Thursday. Prof Shehzad A Khan, from Health Services Academy (HSA) said the health and nutrition indicators are very poor in Pakistan.