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ISLAMABAD: Over 40pc of children aged five and below in Pakistan are stunted whereas 2.5 million children are “severely wasted” — acutely malnourished — according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Pakistan was one of the first countries to adopt the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve a 40pc reduction in childhood stunting and maintain childhood “wasting” below 5pc. …

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