The UNICEF executive director, Anthony Lake, on Wednesday said that government needed to work more for the children at risk to reduce deprivation among them in low-performing rural areas and urban slums. Lake, during his three-day visit to Bangladesh, visited a drop-in centre supported by UNICEF for the protection of children who are homeless and neglected by society, a press release said.
He said that food security did not mean nutrition security for the children and around the world, 1, 80,000 million children are stunted, including 40 per cent of the children in Bangladesh.