Forty two percent of children in malnutrition

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Diario Nacional, October 10, 2012 language source: Tetun 

Bairo Pite Clinic has reported that about 42% of the children in Timor-Leste are living in malnutrition. 

 The clinic also declared that, 32% of adult women in Timor-Leste are also suffering from malnutrition. 

Speaking to journalists, Doctor Daniel Murphy said every year children and adult women continued suffering from malnutrition as they were still living in poverty. 

 "In Timor people are still suffering from malnutrition as the majority of our people are living in poverty," he said.

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