The Daily News, a Tanzania newspaper, writes that inadequate nutrition has cost the lives of more than 600,000 children under five years over the past decade. Quoting a research brief by Twaweza, the paper explains that improper nutrition burdens the economy, as TZS 650bn /- are spent each year on treatment of diseases that could have been avoided with a proper diet.
Daily News, gazeti la Kiswahili la Tanzania, linaandika kuwa mlo usiokidhi umegharimu maisha ya zaidi ya watoto 600,000 walio chini ya umri wa miaka mitano katika muongo uliopita . Likinukuu muhtasari wa utafiti wa Twaweza, Daily News linaeleza kuwa mlo hafifu ni mzigo kiuchumi kwani TZS 650bn /- zinatumika kila mwaka kutibu magonjwa ambayo yanaepukika kwa kula mlo sahihi .