|© UNICEF/NYHQ2008-1350/Christine Nesbitt| |Crebby Zuisasu
prepares a meal for her son and her sister’s two children at
their home in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. The family can only
afford to eat one meal a day.| HARARE, Zimbabwe, 30 July 2010 –
The Inclusive Government of Zimbabwe, the United Nations and the
Zimbabwe Food and Nutrition Council (FNC) have launched new data
on the nutritional status of Zimbabwe’s children, revealing that
more than one third of Zimbabwe’s children under the age of five
are chronically malnourished and consequently stunted. Speaking
as he officially launched the Zimbabwe National Nutrition Survey
results, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said that Zimbabwe’s
current food production remains too low to meet national
requirements. Years of persistent droughts and the recent
downturn of the Zimbabwean economy have adversely affected food
availability in many homes in Zimbabwe. Mr. Tsvangirai added his
voice to a growing call for accelerated action to reverse
chronic undernutrition i