1 in 4 children malnourished, global report says NAIROBI, Kenya
(AP) -- Five children around the world die every minute because
of chronic malnutrition, according to a report released
Wednesday that also said that almost half a billion children
risk are at risk of permanent damage over the next 15 years. A
report from Save the Children said the deaths of 2 million
children each year could be prevented if malnutrition were
better addressed. The report called chronic malnutrition a
largely hidden crisis that affects one in four children
globally. Global hunger has fallen markedly over the last two
decades, but the 2011 Global Hunger Index found that six
countries have higher rates of hunger today than two decades
ago. Five of those countries are in Africa. The other is North
Korea. The 2011 Global Hunger Index said that Congo, Burundi,
Comoros, Swaziland and Ivory Coast have higher degrees of hunger
today than in 1990. Kuwait, Turkey, Malaysia and Mexico have
made the biggest gains against hunger. Karin Lapping