Kathmandu, Dec. 10 -- Two percent of children aged six to 59 months in Nawalparasi-West district of Lumbini province have been found suffering from severe acute malnutrition, a preliminary report of a new study carried out by the Ministry of Health and Population, shows.

According to the study carried out in all wards of all seven local levels of the district, with financial support from Helen Keller International, 15 percent of the children of the same age group have also been found suffering from moderate acute malnutrition.

Officials concede that the report indicates no progress has been made in the nutrition sector in the last five years in the districts of Lumbini Province, as the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)-2022, ha...