FIAN expresses concern about child deaths caused by malnutrition in Pakistan
An Open Letter has been sent to the Prime Minister of Pakistan regarding a high number of child deaths caused by malnutrition
In this open letter, FIAN expresses its grave concern regarding the situation in Tharparkar district in the Sindh province, where a high number of child deaths caused by malnutrition have been registered over the past months.
The severe drought affecting the Tharparkar district for several years, and the absence of an irrigation system, prevented thousands of families, mostly from minority communities, from growing food crops and feeding their livestock. This situation left them in a state of extreme vulnerability, hunger and undernourishment. Children and women have been particularly affected; many families have been forced to leave their homes and migrate to other areas in search of water, food and animal feed.
The reaction by the State of Pakistan was initially slow, however, a series of measures have been adopted over the past weeks. FIAN International calls upon the government to take meaningful action to also tackle this situation in a sustainable and long-term manner, including by addressing the structural causes of poverty and hunger.