ISLAMABAD: Policymakers, international development leaders, health professionals and nutrition experts will come together for ‘Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore’, a two-day international conference aimed at confronting Pakistan’s persistent nutrition and stunting crisis and building momentum for urgent, coordinated action.
According to a DawnMedia statement, the summit will examine the interconnected drivers of malnutrition, including poverty, maternal and child health, feeding practices, social protection, water and sanitation, climate vulnerability, financing and governance.
“Four out of every ten children under the age of five in Pakistan are stunted… We lose close to 17 billion dollars a year to the consequences of malnutrition, more than what we typically borrow from the IMF in any given year,” Dawn CEO Nazafreen Saigol-Lakhani said.
This conference, she said, is meant to serve as a platform where “the people who set policy, the people who fund it, and the people who deliver it on the ground can finally sit in the same room and talk to each other directly”.
‘Act For Nutrition’ brings together govts and experts to find ways to combat Pakistan’s persistent stunting problem
