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Written question asked by Afzal Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2019. It was answered by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2019 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Developing Countries: Nutrition

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to integrate nutrition objectives into its resilience building programmes in fragile and conflict affected states.

Answer

Malnutrition is the underlying cause of 45% of all child mortality and so effective prevention and treatment of malnutrition is critical for ending preventable deaths – a priority for the UK government as announced recently.

Since 2015 DFID has reached 60.3 million women, adolescent girls and children with nutrition-related services, including in fragile and conflict affected states such as Somalia, Myanmar, and Yemen, and among refugee populations in Uganda and Bangladesh.

This includes supporting life-saving treatment for children with acute malnutrition, targeted nutrition support for pregnant and breastfeeding women and investments to monitor the severity of malnutrition to enable earlier action to prevent people dying of this preventable condition.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
7215
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Armed conflict Developing countries Nutrition
Link
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