According to the WHO, almost 1 million people die of malaria every year. And a child dies of malaria every 30 seconds. 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10… 11… 12… 13… 14… 15… 16… 17… 18… 19… 20… 21… 22… 23… 24… 25… 26… 27… 28… 30 – A DEAD CHILD … Continue reading
A few days ago, I posted the statistics that about 1 out of 4 children in the developing world is underweight, as defined by having a weight-for-age less than 2 standard deviations from the mean based on the WHO standard. So what causes malnutrition? Is it economic poverty? War? Lack of education? Lack of food … Continue reading
According to UNICEF, “around one quarter of all under-fives in the developing world are underweight. This accounts for about 148 million underweight children in developing countries (by the NCHS/WHO/CDC reference population). Of these 148 million underweight children, nearly three quarters live in just 10 countries.” (Source: http://www.childinfo.org/undernutrition_status.html)
