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Ethiopia: Strategy to focus on malnutrition
Ethiopia's new national nutrition strategy will target children younger than two years of age because a significant number suffer chronic malnutrition, a senior official said.
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."
