The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) included Cuba for the first time in its Child Nutrition Reportpublished this Wednesday.
The organization, which has praised the regime numerous times for its policies towards girls and boys, indicated that 9% of the island’s child population suffers from serious food poverty. According to UNICEF methodology, this means that they have a maximum of two of the eight foods considered necessary for a healthy life.
Although UNICEF recognizes that the incidence of this phenomenon in Cuba is low, for now, it is alarming that this international organization demonstrates that the child protectionone of the emblems of Castroism, crumbles, which shows the integral breakdown of society. However, the organization’s embassy in Cuba remains silent about this situation and continues to highlight on its website that “different data and investigations show the high level of protection and development that the children and adolescents of the Island have.”
The report specified that, among infants living in severe child food poverty, four out of five are fed only with breast milk and/or dairy products and/or a basic food rich in starch, such as rice, corn or wheat. Less than 10% eat fruits and vegetables and less than 5% eat eggs, meat, poultry and fish.
In Latin America, severe child food poverty is 9% (5 million), while the moderate rate is 28% (18 million). Globally, one in four boys and girls (181 million, 27%) lives in severe child food poverty in the first years of life. The country with the highest incidence of this phenomenon is Somalia, with 63% of its girls and boys below the threshold of serious food poverty.
UNICEF stressed that “severe child food poverty is due to poor food environments, poor feeding practices and income poverty in households.” These elements have been exacerbated in Cuban society in recent years, demonstrating that The socialism that the Cuban regime defends, far from ending inequalities, has increased.
“Income poverty means that families cannot afford nutritious and varied diet for your sons and daughters“said the organization. “Health systems do not provide families with the essential nutrition services that young children need,” it added.
In this sense, UNICEF urged the governments of the countries mentioned in the report, including Cuba, to “ensure that policy and regulatory frameworks for food systemshealth and social protection support coherent actions that address the factors that cause severe child food poverty and are free of conflicts of interest, including the food and beverage industry.
Recently, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA), expressed their concern about the worsening of food insecurity in Cuba.
“This situation disproportionately affects certain groups of people, such as the elderly, pregnant women, girls, boys and adolescents, as well as people with chronic diseases, which generates serious impacts on their living conditions“they stressed.
Food Monitor Program considered that nutrient deficiency, lack of food safety, as well as the stress associated with food insecurity are “a fact that is having adverse consequences on the health of Cubans”.
