Ethiopia launches national nutrition strategy to address child malnutrition

Ethiopia has releasedof its national nutrition strategy toaddress chronic malnutritionlarge numbers ofchildrenThis is the first time the country has issued a national strategy on malnutritionEthiopia
's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Adisu Legese, said the Ethiopian government must take action to combat malnutrition, media reported tuesdayTuesdayMalnutrition leads to high child mortality and underdevelopment, seriously affecting the healthgrowth of the next generation ofin EthiopiaThis strategy aims to enable all Ethiopians to meet nutritional targetsImplementation of the strategy will cost $190$20
0 millionMany children in Ethiopia are chronically malnourished poverty , hunger , disease and
the lack of the necessary basic medical facilities The latest data from Ethiopia's Ministry of Health 47 per cent of children under the age of five are chronically malnourished Unicef said , the under-five mortality rate in Ethiopia has fallen from 2
0.4 per cent in 1990 to 2.
3 per cent the current 2.3 per cent However, the country still has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world
with 400,000 children under the age of five dying each year