Ethiopia: Strategy to focus on malnutrition

Many Ethiopian children under five suffer chronic malnutrition. (Image: George Mulala/IRIN)

"We must fight malnutrition," Addisu Legesse, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Agriculture Development, said at the launch of the strategy. "It hardly seems worth mentioning the reasons, since malnourished children are much more likely to contract repeated and serious infections."

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