THARPARKAR: The lack of food and resources in Tharparkar has resulted in the death of 11 childre
n in the last three days.
The cause of death assoc
iated with the children has been identified as malnutrition and other diseases related to it. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that over 600 children have died due to malnutritio
n in the desert area. It notes that malnutrition is estimated to be related to more than a third of child deaths. This is because nutritious food is unavailable for mos
t people, especially due to rising food prices, which
is a common cause of the disease.
In addition poor feeding practices, along with other problem
s such as the provision of wrong food to children and inadequate breast feeding practices also increase incidences of malnutrition especially in children of a very young age.
