A health expert has urged the government to establish a high-level, bipartisan national committee chaired by the prime minister to address the worsening stunting crisis in the country.

Consultant paediatrician and child-disability activist Dr Amar-Singh HSS stressed that stunting deprives children of their full potential from the outset, warning that failure to act would see another generation growing up unable to reach their capabilities.

“We cannot afford to...