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| Stunted children :Photo provided |
About 32 percent of children under age of five are stunted
and ten percent of them are severely stunted according to the Solomon Islands
National Statistics Development Strategy, NSDS, 2015 and 16-2035.
Speaking during the NSDS launch this week in Honiara,
Government Statistician Douglas Kimi said this is one of interesting findings
in the Demographic Health Survey, DHS.
“Low height or stunted growth is the result of health and
nutritional factors and also poor socio-economic conditions,” Kimi said.
He said this issue seriously needs to be addressed because
of its impacts on the whole country.
“With the trend of significant reduction in the adult size,
this will have implications for reduced work capacity impeding on
economic productivity and draining out of our potential labour force for the
country,” he said.
Meanwhile Mr Kimi said with the launching of the NSDS,
producers and consumers in the country will now have a twenty year plan to be
provided with updated and important information for planning purposes.
“It is our road mark with a clear vision and a mission to
accomplish,” he said.
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