“Pakistan has a high burden of malnutrition, costing $7.6 billion or 3% of GDP annually (World Food Programme, 2017). Adolescents constitute one-quarter of the population (approx. 40 million). Existing data on adolescent nutritional status is limited in scope and quality”
Pakistan yet to frame National Adolescent Nutrition Policy
Islamabad Although several policy and strategy documents do refer to the nutritional needs of adolescents, Pakistan is yet to formulate a National Adolescent Nutrition Policy. The need to have such…
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