11 million C. Java kids malnourished

11 million C. Java kids malnourished

SEMARANG: About 11 million children, mostly under-fives, are
suffering from malnutrition in Central Java, provincial
legislator Abdul Kadir Karding said on Tuesday.

"You can find malnourished children in almost all the
regencies here such as Cilacap, Demak, Grobogan, Wonogiri, Tegal,
Pemalang, Pekalongan and Blora," Abdul said.

"We have to admit that our province has been hit by cases of
severe malnutrition. So far the funds to handle the problem is
taken from provincial and regency budget ... but we need more to
help these children."

The council has urged Governor Mardiyanto to take serious
measures to care for the children and check the spread of various
contagious diseases resulting from the children's poor health.
(har/edt)