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UNICEF/AFRICAN PRESS ORGANIZATION (NEW YORK, USA)

"Twenty-one percent of Ghanaians have no access to a toilet and still use the bush or open field for defecation. This is worse in rural areas where 34 percent of the population still practise open defecation. Meanwhile, according to the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2014, among Ghanaian children under the age five, 19 percent were stunted (short for their age), five percent were wasted (thin for their height), and 11 percent were underweight (thin for their age). Stunting is a sign of chronic malnutrition, potentially causing reduced intelligence and associated opportunities for life..."

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Abstract: UNICEF/AFRICAN PRESS ORGANIZATION (NEW YORK, USA)

"Twenty-one percent of Ghanaians have no access to a toilet and still use the bush or open field for defecation. This is worse in rural areas where 34 percent of the population still practise open defecation. Meanwhile, according to the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2014, among Ghanaian children under the age five, 19 percent were stunted (short for their age), five percent were wasted (thin for their height), and 11 percent were underweight (thin for their age). Stunting is a sign of chronic malnutrition, potentially causing reduced intelligence and associated opportunities for life..." 
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