Sensing something wrong with the baby’s health, his parents took him to the upazila health complex in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal where doctors diagnosed Rafi with severe malnutrition. Like Rafi, three-year-old Rabbi Miah, two and a half years old Sunny, and four-year-old Paritosh were also admitted at the health complex with severe malnutrition. Partitosh’s mother Rani Dey said her son has been suffering from severe malnutrition from an early age. Recommendations from expertsMalnutrition contributes mostly to child deaths, and saving lives of children in Bangladesh will require a steady focus on nutrition. As per SDG-2, a country needs to become hunger-free, achieve food security, and remove all types of malnutrition.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 29, 2020 11:48 UTC