Benazir programme cuts child stunting rates: study

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reco­rded a major decline in child stunting under the Benazir Nashonuma Programme (BNP), along with imp­rovements in maternal and newborn health outcomes. An evaluation conducted by the Aga Khan University (AKU) revea­led that stunting rates among beneficiary children were 22 per cent lower at six months of age and 18pc lower at one year of age. The study also rep­orted a 6pc reduction in low birth weight cases, an 11pc decline in premature births, and a 7pc decrease in w...