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Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached ‘alarming’ levels since aid cuts, survey finds

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Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

8d ago

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The GuardianChild malnutrition in Nepal has reached ‘alarming’ levels since aid cuts, survey findstheguardian.com
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Fears hard-won gains in reducing child mortality over 20 years are at risk after end of USAID funding for nutrition programmes Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached “alarming” levels, according to the largest ever survey of under-fives in the country. The new figures came just over a year after USAID, the former US flagship agency closed by the Trump administration in 2025, stopped funding work on child nutrition in Nepal. Continue reading...

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