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Health minister says malnutrition rises among Sri Lanka’s children under 5

COLOMBO, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella on Thursday said that malnutrition has increased among children under the age of five in the South Asian country in the past two years and that steps are being taken to address the issue.

Addressing the parliament, Rambukwella said there was an increase in the malnutrition figures in 2021 and 2022, and one of the major reasons for this