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Monday, June 4, 2007
U.N. report: Child hunger is a costly burden on C. America
A U.N. study calculated that child hunger in Central Americacosts several billions of dollars each year in diminished education, health care and overall productivity.Malnutrition becomes “a critical economic concern,” said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday as the report also found that nearly one million children under five-years-old in Central America and the Dominican Republic suffer from malnutrition.
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