Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to formulate a comprehensive roadmapin consultations with the provinces to address the issue of stunting.
He was chairing the first meeting of Pakistan National NutritionCoordination Council in Islamabad on Monday.
The Prime Minister asked the Special Assistant on National Health Servicesand Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation to prepare roadmap based ontime lines which will be presented with the Council of Common Interests.
Imran Khan said the federal government will continue to play its role toaddress the issue of stunted growth.
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The meeting was informed that planning was done in the past ten years tomeet the nutrition requirements of women and children but it was nevereffectively implemented. The result is that today about forty percent ofchildren are the victims of stunted growth. In Sindh, this percentage isfifty percent.
