-data outdated
The Government of Guyana yesterday said that a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report on child food poverty used outdated data and made “misleading deductions”.
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance (MPAG) , in a release said that the “misleading deductions,” shown in the forms of graphs and charts, advance the view that Guyana has somehow seen an increase in child food poverty in 2024.
The UNICEF report said that Guyana is among 63 countries facing severe child food poverty. According to the report, some 20% of the country’s children are exposed to only two food groups daily while another 40% have 3 to 4 food groups and fall under the moderate child poverty category.