Jumla, May 5 -- Eleven severely malnourished children from Humla have been brought to Jumla for medical treatment as no specialised nutrition care was available in their home district.

The health section of Tanjakot Rural Municipality referred the acutely malnourished children to the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) Teaching Hospital in Jumla after identifying severe cases during the ongoing national nutrition assessment campaign.

The two-week campaign, launched in all 753 local units on April 29, aims to assess the nutritional status of children aged six months to five years across the country and guide targeted interventions, amid growing concern over poor diets, including rising consumption of processed and junk foods in bot...