every time you speak about hunger in kenya you get to wonder when this debate will ever end. The thought of an underlying way that can alleviate hunger in these areas of Asal areas is almost impossible. clearly as a nutritionist i wish to shed some light on this factor enabling us to understand what exactly is the problem. usually malnutrition usually is tenable to strike the vulnerable populations of the women children the elderly and the convalescents.
The need for prioritizing good nutrition is clear: just because families have food does not mean that they are getting the nutrients they need to keep them healthy. In the global health community, this reality is adverse and reverberates to many customs and cultures. In Kenya, malnutrition persists among children even in the country’s food secure Western Province. Although access to food has not been considered a problem compared with other areas in the country, a recent assessment conducted by the IYCN Project revealed that many kids do not get the right kinds of foods frequently enough to ensure good nutrition—leaving them vulnerable to malnutrition and more prone to illnesses. In order to effectively reduce hunger and malnutrition, food security programs should include proven, low-cost nutrition interventions such as counseling to improve infant feeding practices. This is not a problem of the government,it is a concern that is a continous process due to gaps and voids in the private sector that trickles down to the local individuals at large so get the drift consult a nutritionist and have a good gateway to argue out!
Poverty, malnutrition, hunger and diseases are our greatest enemies in Africa coz we sacrifice quality in the alter of tribalism, nepotism and cronism. Our systems are mimicked from the west not realizing that they live in a different era and we desperately lack objectivity. That is why in Kenya obesity is becoming a problem in some parts while some are dying of hunger in other parts. Boils down to nutrition.
ReplyDeletenyc way to look at it...the, 'it starts with me' view point..the acute shortage is, in my opinion,a very complex thing, it requires a multi-faceted and synergistic intervention by various government institutions and other service providers.. long term goals need to be set
ReplyDeletetrue that ombashe and kamau we are facing a crisis that all so all of us have contributed to its not the government but the doing of the private sector and the individuals lined up in the trickling down of resources to the grass roots....if only we could stand up to uphold truth and resist corrupt deals we could be far away from this.....imagine importing genetically modified foods to our nation yet those nations giving this food to us does not actually use it!
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