Multi-sectoral approach launches projects to reduce undernutrition
Two new projects, namely Reducing Rural Poverty and Malnutrition, and Scaling-Up Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, were launched in Vientiane on Wednesday to tackle the issue of childhood undernutrition.
The projects are being supported by the World Bank at a cost of 460 billion kip (US$52 million).
The initiatives will be rolled out from 2019-2024 in four northern provinces with high rates of undernutrition – Xieng Khuang, Huaphan, Phongsaly and Oudomxay.
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
