According to Global Nutrition Report 2022, 48.4 percent of women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) suffer from anaemia and 26.4 percent of the infants have lower weight at birth in South Asia.
Similarly, 30.7 percent of the population in South Asia suffers from stunting.
The Southern Asia sub-region prevalence of wasting is 14.1 percent, which is way higher than the global average of 6.7 percent.
