Act for Nutrition conference: Govt adviser says nutrition needs to be reclassified as a capital expenditure
The second day of a two-day international conference, ‘Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore’, is being held at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel. The conference aims to address Pakistan’s persistent nutrition and stunting crisis. On the first day , experts at the conference warned that more than four in 10 children under five were stunted and malnutrition was costing Pakistan close to…
During the second day of the international 'Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore' conference at Islamabad's Serena Hotel, government adviser Adnan Pasha Siddiqui suggested that nutrition should be reclassified as a capital expenditure instead of an expense. He argued that this accounting change would highlight the long-term investment needed to address Pakistan's persistent nutrition and stunting crisis.
Siddiqui emphasized that malnutrition was not just a health issue, but also a significant economic burden, costing Pakistan over $17 billion annually. He asserted that nutrition problems were rooted in a combination of factors including poor diets, inadequate healthcare, weak water and sanitation services, and poverty, necessitating a multi-sectoral response.
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