Many children lack protein

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: About 13 percent of the province's 192,958 children under five suffer protein deficiency, Antara reported yesterday.

Quoting the head of the local health office, Dr. Slamet Sunarno, the agency said that government is trying to help the children by improving its 2,239 Posyandu integrated health service units in the province's nine regencies.

Health workers are also trying harder to educate local people about sanitation and the importance of children's diet, he said. (swe)