INNOCENT-THE BLOGGER-BOY
Sixty
per cent of children aged one to five years in Lindi Region suffer
acute malnutrition, stunting them in height and adversely affecting
their bodies’ internal organs.
The Project Manager of the Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA) Joseph Mugyabuso said the region’s children suffer various diseases because they lack immunity, which is due to malnutrition.
He told reporters in Bagamoyo on Friday that Dodoma, Iringa and Shinyanga are among regions with high rates of malnutrition of 60 per cent. Tanzania’s biggest challenge is poor diet due to poverty of many families that makes children under the age of five years to be stunted, Mugyabuso added.
The Project Manager of the Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA) Joseph Mugyabuso said the region’s children suffer various diseases because they lack immunity, which is due to malnutrition.
He told reporters in Bagamoyo on Friday that Dodoma, Iringa and Shinyanga are among regions with high rates of malnutrition of 60 per cent. Tanzania’s biggest challenge is poor diet due to poverty of many families that makes children under the age of five years to be stunted, Mugyabuso added.