Ecuador plans to end child malnutrition according to PresidentCorrea

Posted on October 28, 2011 • Filed under: Agriculture, Ecuador, Latin America Health, Social Issues

President Rafael Correa announced the intention of his government to declare the country free from child malnutrition in the next four years. At least one of every five children under five is below the appropriate height for his/her age, or suffers chronic malnutrition in Ecuador, a country of young people, where 13 percent of the population is under five, according to the UN Childrenâ�Ös Fund (UNICEF.) Read Article

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