The report further shows the boy has a higher proportion of stunting, with 29.7 per cent being stunted compared to 24 per cent of girls. For instance, there was a 13.8 per cent drop in terms of the national proportion of stunted children between 1993 and 2014. “If this rate of reduction is sustained, the national stunting rate in 2025 and 2030 will be 23.8 per cent and 22.0 per cent, respectively,” the report states. “A higher proportion of stunted children were male, and being male increased the odds of a child being stunted by 33 per cent," the report states. The second aim was to find out if Kenya will achieve its national and global targets for 2022 and 2025 if the current stunting performance is sustained.

Source: The Star April 24, 2021 12:00 UTC