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The West Nusa Tenggara Health Agency has revealed that almost 900 children aged under 5 in the province suffered from malnutrition in 2011, while the previous year recorded 750 children with malnutrition.
Head of the agency’s community health section, Khairul Anwar, said in Mataram on Thursday that the cases were found in a total of 10 regencies and cities, including Sumbawa regency (266 cases), East Lombok regency (203), Mataram city (53) and Bima city (31), antaranews.com reported.
Your comments:
A fallen tree in the presidential palace garden probably gets more attention than these children. Note the two pictures in The Jakarta Post.
I guess it’s a question of Indonesian priorities.
Phillip Turnbull
The problem is the local government in the area. Not everything can be solved centrally.
What is the local government doing in the province?
Are they only sleeping and sipping good drinks?
Widya Utama
I wish the government would just pay attention to this issue.
Pherol
