Accra, Aug. 4, GNA - One out of every nine Ghanaian children is likely to die of malnutrition before the age of five if improved complementary feeding practices from birth were not adopted, Dr Gladys Ashitey, Deputy Minister of Health, said on Thursday.
She said there was very little improvement in the malnutrition situation in the country as the demographic health survey report of 2003 had revealed that 30 per cent of children under five years were stunt, 22 per cent were underweight with six per cent of the children of six to 59 months having severe anaemia.
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