Malnutrition is a health issue that significantly impacts vulnerable populations.
The things that you do on a daily basis, such as where you live and work, might affect your general health and well-being. It can affect your ability to get social support, healthcare, education, and employment possibilities.
The lack of resources and services that people in low-income and marginalized communities face has an unfair impact on their health. This is especially true in the case of malnutrition, which is the result of inadequate intake of certain nutrients. Malnutrition may have a disastrous effect on health and affect people of all ages, including underweight and overweight people.
Access to basic healthcare can be difficult for many people who live in marginalized places. Financial insecurity, the location of health services, or inadequate transportation alternatives are all reasons that may prohibit people from obtaining healthcare.
This might make it difficult for people to get access to health tests, which can help diagnose and treat health problems or prevent the emergence of chronic diseases.
Many people in marginalized places may lack information or resources on how healthy lifestyle interventions, such as improved diet, can help them maintain or improve their health. This can have an impact on nutrition decisions and, eventually, overall health. Nutrition education is critical for preventing and treating malnutrition.
Malnutrition has long-term consequences for people’s health and economic well-being. Undernutrition increases the danger of sickness and infection, as well as the length of recovery time. This can have a major economic impact due to the expenditures of medical treatment.
This is clearly seen in Waso Ward, Ndonyo Uasin in samburu East where ECHO through its partners Samburu Women Trust and Action Against Hunger has been conducting bi -monthly medical camps.
