Stunting rate among children recorded at 27.3pc in Punjab
MICS 2024 provides vital insights for policymakers and development partners, highlighting neonatal and under-five child mortality rates KARACHI: A latest report of Punjab Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) has revealed that crucial indicators of a child’s nutritional landscape remain insignificantly changed in seven years since 2018 across the province, with a stunting rate among children under five years at 27.3% in 2024, against WHO cutoff point of about 2.5% in healthy population. Providing key insight from data providing overview of the well-being of children, women and households in Punjab, the recently released MICS 2024 provides vital insights for policymakers and development partners, highlighting neonatal and under-five child mortality rates at 33 and 55 (per 1,000 live births), respectively, infant mortality rate at 49, rate of infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed at 33.9%, and mixed feed rate at 33%. According to 2017-18 MICS report, the infant mortality ...