Many children lack protein

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.
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