Thomson Reuters Foundation: Quake-hit Nepal gears up to tackle stunting in children
“…A 2011 government study showed that more than 40 percent of Nepal’s under-five-year-olds were stunted, showing that the country’s child malnutrition rate was one of the world’s highest. Experts say the two quakes, which killed 8,895 people and destroyed half a million houses, could make things worse as survivors have inadequate food, water, shelter, health care, and sanitation…” (Sharma, 7/7).