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Over 41 pc women in Pakistan suffer from anaemia with 14.4 pc being underweight

Maternal nutrition is so inadequate that 186 women die per 100,000 live births. Substandard breastfeeding contributes to 2,000 maternal deaths annually from breast and ovarian cancer and 1,100 deaths from Type II diabetes. The 'Cost of Inaction Tool,' report developed by Nutrition International, was presented at the 'National Policy Dialogue on the Economic Case for Maternal Nutrition,' organised by the Ministry of NHS in Bhurban, Pakistan.