Australian health and nutrition services reach communities in Balochistan

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The review, conducted with officials from the Balochistan Ministry of Health led by Balochistan Secretary Health, Noor Ul Haq Baloch and senior officials from the Australian High Commission and the World Bank, also noted around 4000 mothers had received advice on improving infant and child nutrition.
The Australian Government through the World Bank is supporting the Government of Balochistan to provide access to better nutrition for mothers and children. The project is providing nutrition services, including screening of children, setting up treatment centres, providing breastfeeding counselling and advice on child feeding practices at mother support groups. Australia has committed AUD 17 million to make these services accessible in seven districts of Balochistan.
Australian High Commissioner Margaret Adamson said the Australian Government was assisting Pakistan in its fight against malnutrition through a total AUD39 million commitment to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Nutrition - supporting Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“Pakistan loses close to four percent of its GDP every year due to malnutrition and by improving nutrition Pakistan can build its human capital and fuel economic growth for generations to come,” High Commissioner Adamson said.
“Government of Balochistan is committed towards efforts for addressing the crisis of malnutrition as the situation is worst here, with 52 percent of children stunted compared with a country average of 44 percent,” Secretary Health Noor Ul Haq Baloch said talking to the review team.
Undernourishment in children leads to compromised physical growth and hampered brain development, high risk of infant and child mortality, poor health in adolescence, inhibited learning in schools resulting in low performing labour force and lower capacity of individuals to break free from the inter-generational cycle of poverty.
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