Child malnutrition costs Ghana more than $2 billion annually: experts

Ghana economy's is losing more than two billion dollars a year due to the impact of child malnutrition, which has driven up healthcare costs, strained the education system and hindered the productivity of the workforce, a study said on Tuesday. Malnutrition comes in many forms, such as poor child growth and development or vulnerability to infection among those who do not get enough food, which is known as undernutrition. Undernutrition among children costs Ghana $2.6 billion per year – 6.4 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) – according to a study led by the African Union and backed by U.N. aid agencies and the African Development Bank.

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Child malnutrition costs Ghana more than $2 billion annually: experts