One out of five families don't have enough food

MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014
One out of five families don't have enough food

More than one-fourth of the people in the central region of Myanmar are living in poverty and one out of five families are facing inadequate food problems, according to a survey by the UN World Food Programme, Save the Children and the Ministry of Livesto

According to the survey, more than one-fourth of families (about 26 per cent) are living in poverty and one out of five families (18.5 per cent) eat unclean food. The survey found that malnutrition is likely to spread among children, while about 12 per cent under five are facing serious malnutrition.