Update: April, 05/2017 – 09:00
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| Two-year-old Va Vi Nhong Kim holds a ready-to-use therapeutic food sachet, his daily nutrition enhancement staple. — Photo courtesy of UNICEF |
HÀ NỘI — Thousands of children under the age of five living in Central region drought-hit areas are recovering from malnutrition due to an Emergency nutrition intervention programme project.
The news was revealed in a report from National Institute for Nutrition (NIN) at a seminar held in Hà Nội.
The programme, with financial support worth US$4 million from UNICEF and the Government of Japan, has fulfilled its target of improving nutrition conditions for 7,640 children with severe and acute malnutrition (SAM) in 6 provinces of Ninh Thuận, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Trà Vinh, Hậu Giang and Cà Mau. Tiếp tục đọc “Viet Nam, UN fight drought malnutrition”
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