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From 2014 to 2017, chronic malnutrition among children under five was reduced from 17.4% to 10.9%; as well as acute malnutrition from 2.5% to 1.5% in the department of La Paz, informed the head of the Unit of Food and Nutrition Ministry of Health, Yesid Humacayo
"In recent years, there has been a significant advance in the fight against malnutrition in Bolivia in general, and La Paz has also reduced the numbers in an interesting way," the government said. .
There are two stages of undernutrition in children: chronic, referring to the misuse of nutrients for long periods; "If we talk about indicators, both (chronic and acute) have been reduced by almost 50% compared to the indicator for the year 2006.", emphasized Humacayo
L & World Health Organization (within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals) recommends that the incidence of acute malnutrition does not exceed 5% of a given population and that chronic malnutrition decreases by 50%. "Bolivia has achieved the two goals proposed by WHO, but we still have to work," he said
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