Saharan Africa, 40% of children are affected; in

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South Asia, 39%.3.2 million children under the
create a positive or negative advertisement to
age of 5 die each year in sub-Saharan Africa -
promote an advocacy. It can be in a form of
that's about half of the world's deaths in this age
a 2-stanza poem, poster or any visual
group.
advertisement. An example is done for you.
Worldwide, nearly every second death in
The rubric below will be used to assess your
children under the age of five is due to
work. Write your answer on a separate sheet
malnutrition. As this weakens the immune
of paper.
system, diseases such as pneumonia, malaria or

diarrhea often lead to death. The sub-Saharan

Children are particularly affected by
child mortality rate is one of the highest in the
the hunger crisis in Africa. There are far too
world, with one in nine children dying before the
many starving kids in Africa, every single
age of 5. In Sierra Leone, one in every six
affected kid is one too much. Malnutrition
children dies before the age of 5. Especially
leads to physical and mental development
young children die in Nigeria and the Democratic
delays and disorders and is a major cause of
Republic of the Congo.
high infant mortality rates in sub-Saharan

Africa.

According to UN data, 165 million

children worldwide are too small for their

age, or stunted, due to chronic malnutrition.

Three quarters of these children live in sub-

Saharan Africa and South Asia. In sub-

 COMPREHENSION CHECK

1. What percentage of children in sub-Saharan Africa

is affected by malnutrition ?

2. In South Asia, 39% of .3.2 million children

under the age of 5 die each year in sub-Saharan

Africa - that's about half of the world's deaths in

this age group. Hence,what is the 39% of 3.2

million.

3. How does malnutrition impact the child mortality rate

in sub-Saharan Africa.

4. What is the overall global contribution of malnutrition

to deaths in children under the age of five?