‘Social protection must reach most vulnerable families’
A large number of people attend DawnMedia’s ‘Act for Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore’ conference in Islamabad on Wednesday.
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Media Source: Dawn (Pakistan)
Date: 3 September 2026
While 2.6 billion people across the globe cannot afford a healthy life, social protection should reach the most vulnerable families, speakers at a moot said. They were speaking at a conference titled “ Act For Nutrition, A Conference on Malnutrition and Stunted Growth in Pakistan ”, organised by Dawn Media Group in Islamabad. Dr…
While 2.6 billion people across the globe cannot afford a healthy life, social protection should reach the most vulnerable families, speakers at a moot said. They were speaking at a conference titled “Act For Nutrition, A Conference on Malnutrition and Stunted Growth in Pakistan”, organised by Dawn Media Group in Islamabad. Dr Aminah Jahangir, Regional Lead, Health and Nutrition Centre Asia, at the Aga Khan Foundation, said the foundation was serving in different areas and its success was due to a framework for accountability. “A number of children come to us with issues like stunting and after a few months their deficiencies are removed. But after another few months they or their siblings come to us with the same issue, she said.