SAHRC in Eastern Cape to investigate right to food and child malnutrition

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The SA Human Rights Commission in the Eastern Cape will next month host an inquiry to find solutions to decrease the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition caused by hunger in children.

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The SA Human Rights Commission in the Eastern Cape will host an inquiry to investigate the right to food and child malnutrition. File photo.The SA Human Rights Commission in the Eastern Cape will next month host an inquiry to find solutions to decrease the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition caused by hunger in children.

The commission said on Wednesday it has received complaints, coupled with various media reports, of deaths of children due to SAM. It said studies and statistics indicated many children in the province were malnourished as a result of living in abject poverty. “Despite this tragedy, it appears that the department of social development forfeited an amount of R67m of unspent funds to National Treasury in the previous financial year.” the commission said.its mandate, it has resolved to host the provincial inquiry into the right to food and child malnutrition.

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