Malnutrition costs Malawi nearly a half billion dollars annually |
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Mental retardation and stunting are two prominent results of the "silent crisis" of malnutrition in Malawi which imposes a $446 million burden on that Southeast African country, according to the Ministry of Health Nutrition as reported in The Daily Times.
A Ministry spokesperson explained that
"iodine and iron deficiency weakens health conditions of a person and government spends a lot in treatment while the patient can not discharge normal duties. ... Reduction of iodine deficiency, severe and moderate stunting and anaemia by 30 percent each in ten years will see productivity gains going up to US$83million.”
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