Dodoma — Six regions with highest level of malnutrition were yesterday directed to immediately work out strategies to address the problem that affects mostly children.
The regions are Dodoma, Morogoro, Manyara, Mbeya, Iringa and Songwe. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the President's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Bernad Makali, said the universally accepted nutrition deficiency rate is below 20 percent, noting however that the rates in the six regions are above the benchmark.
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