Child poverty remains staggeringly high. One in five children live on less than $1.90 a day and children are more than … twice as likely to be living in extreme income poverty compared with adults. Despite clear evidence of the effectiveness of … well-designed social protection in tackling child poverty, children are one of the population groups at highest risk of …

percent of children in all regions of the country were stunted. Iodine deficiency was observed in 53 percent of children and … in 58.6 percent of women. The national prevalence of anemia in children was 28.8 percent; however, rates were as high as … percent of deaths in children under-five. Effective programs need to be designed to make more women aware of the benefits of …