Less than 20 % of the country’s child population has access to dietary diversity, the World Food Programme (WFP) has reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This, according to the UN food agent, was due to the worsening child nutritional status among children under five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The information is contained in WFP’s 2020 Global Report on Food Crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acute malnutrition among children under five rose to 3.6% in 2019, up from 2.5% in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Of particular concern is that only 11% of children aged 6-23 months consumed a minimum acceptable diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Even though 83 % of children were breastfed until their first birthday, only 42% were exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months,” the report reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cases are prevalent in Makoni which has 7.4 %, Mutare 5%, Seke 6 %, Mhondoro-Ngezi 6%, Sanyati 6%, Binga 6.1%, Lupane 5.2%, Masvingo 7.4% and Goromonzi 19%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report notes that 17% of children aged 6-23 months meet the minimum dietary diversity requirement while 42% of children under 6 months are exclusively breastfed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study attributed these factors as major contributors to the severe anaemia levels among children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Around half of rural households lacked access to basic water sources. Almost a third, 31 % used open defecation while water treatment plants have critical shortages of chemicals due to lack of foreign currency,” said WFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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