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Aid Agencies Express Concern Over Child Malnutrition In Nepal, AFP Reports
In Nepal, "a child malnutrition epidemic described by humanitarian organizations as a 'silent emergency' is claiming the lives of thousands of infants each year," Agence France-Presse reports. "According to government statistics 1.7 million children -- nearly half of all under-fives -- suffer from chronic malnutrition, a long-term condition also known as stunting," the news service writes, adding, "Acute malnutrition, a condition known as 'wasting' blamed for half of Nepal's infant deaths, is thought to affect 18 percent."
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