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Paper tape saved my son from malnutrition

Loise Kiratukei, a 25-year-old mother, saved the life of her son using this tape. [Courtesy]

West Pokot County has the highest child malnutrition rate in the 47 counties. According to statistics, by 2019 one in every three children aged below five suffered from malnutrition.

Although this is lower (35 per cent) than the figure recorded seven years ago (45 per cent), it is still unacceptably high according to the county’s health department.

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