Malnutrition Costs Pakistan Billions

IslamabadMalnutrition costs Pakistan $17 billion a year.

That loss is permanent: stunting after age two doesn’t recover with later spending.

More than 40% of children under five are stunted, driven by repeated infection and maternal undernutrition, not food scarcity alone.

The two-day Islamabad conference has not yet set targets for provincial nutrition spending.

Sources: Dawn