Aamir Khan made Unicef ambassador forSouth Asia

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Bollywood superstar, director and producer
Aamir Khan has been appointed Unicef
Ambassador for South Asia, the UN agency
announced on Thursday.
Aamir endorsed the offer, in which capacity he
would support Unicef's work to promote the
right of South Asian children to nutrition.
In a programme organised in Kathmandu on
Thursday, the UN agency officially announced
Aamir Khan as new Unicef ambassador after
he visited Kapilvastu and Lumbini in west
Nepal Wednesday to observe a locally initiated
nutrition programme by women health
volunteers, saving thousands of children from
malnutrition, a common phenomenon in South
Asia.
"I am delighted to become an ambassador of
Unicef in South Asia. I hope my messages on
the importance of children's nutrition will make
parents, families at all levels support and
adopt proven services and nutrition practices
that will help children grow and develop to
their full potential," Aamir said after his
endorsement.
Child stunting remains one of the greatest
development challenges in South Asia, he said,
adding that stunted children have stunted
bodies, stunted brains and stunted lives.
"Compared with children who are not stunted,
stunted children have poorer cognitive
development, often enrol later in school,
complete fewer grades and learn less, leading
to reduced productivity and income-earning in
adult life," he added.
After sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia reports
the highest number of deaths of children under
the age of five - 2.3 million in 2011. In this
region, 38 percent of the children under the
age of five have stunted growth due to chronic
under-nutrition.
In addition, an estimated 28 percent children
are born with low birth weight, largely due to
women's poor nutrition during and before
pregnancy, according to Unicef.
During his three-day Nepal visit, Aamir also
took part in the launch of the "1,000 Golden
Days" national nutrition campaign.
Aamir Khan made Unicef ambassador for South Asia
 
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