Less than Serious About Malnutrition
Tempo
June 21, 2005
| Is the government serious in handling the cases of severe malnutrition? (June 8-15, 2005) | ||
| Yes | ||
| 18.02% | 69 | |
| No | ||
| 75.20% | 288 | |
| Unsure | ||
| 6.79% | 26 | |
| Total | 100% | 383 |
SEVERE malnutrition is raging in several regions in Indonesia like West and East Nusa Tenggara, and Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. More than 175,000 children suffer from marasmus and kwashiorkor and 5 million children under 5 years old are undernourished. This country is suddenly as if transformed back to the diffi
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