Saving a Million Lives is Easy

 

Photo Credit: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/why-india-remains-malnourished-42697

Thirty-five to forty percent of children below five are stunted in India and Pakistan. South Asia as a whole has 7.7 million children suffering from severe wasting. The cost of one fighter plane (say USD 50 Million) can save millions of these children from death.

Srinivasan Ramani
9-05-2025

https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/whats-new/spotlights/nutrition-survey-highlights-stunting-crisis-pakistan

https://www.unicef.org/rosa/stories/stop-stunting-south-asia-part-1

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/india-has-world-s-highest-number-of-children-with-severe-acute-malnutrition-unicef-82906

 


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