Disease and Malnutrition
Child malnutrition in Bangladesh is amongst the highest in the world. Two-thirds of the children, under the age of five, are under-nourished and about 60% of them, who are under six, are stunted. More than 45 percent of rural families and 76 percent of urban families were below the acceptable caloric intake level. Malnutrition is passed on through generations as malnourished mothers give birth to malnourished children. According to the World Bank, about one-third of babies in Bangladesh are born with low birth weight, increasing infant mortality rate, and leads to increasing risk of diabetes and heart aliments in adulthood. According to UNICEF, one neonate dies in Bangladesh every three to four minutes; 120 000 neonates die every year.
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