Tanzania: Stunted Growth Linked to Poor Hygiene, Causes Premature Death

STATISTICS from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (2014) indicate that 42 per cent of children under the age of five years, equivalent to four million in number, have suffered from stunted growth in the last decade.

The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mr Charles Pallangyo unveiled the data in Arusha recently when officiating at an International Workshop on Scaling up Rural Sanitation and Hygiene.

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