How Pakistan's budget is making nutritious food unfforable

DawnNews explains how the country’s budget has an impact on the populace’s nutrition as nutrient-rich foods are the first to be cut from diets due to a decrease in purchasing power.

“A person may consume enough calories to avoid visible hunger, but still lack the nutrients needed to remain healthy,” explains DawnNews Associate Producer Mustafa Siddiqi.

Watch this explainer to see how Pakistan’s budget is failing to prioritise the country’s nutrition.

The ACT For Nutrition conference — being held on September 2 and 3 at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel — brings together global humanitarian leaders, international institutions, economists, clinicians, lawyers, frontline organisations and provincial governments to confront Pakistan’s malnutrition crisis openly, understand its interconnected causes, and identify solutions with the urgency they demand.

View the agenda here.