Louisa Tokon, who works with the WHO and the Ministry of Health in Vanuatu, said systems were being beefed up and health workers being prepared to deal with the rise in cases.
RNZI reports the latest figures available from a 2012 survey show nearly three in ten children in the country suffer from stunted growth due to chronic malnutrition and more than one on four children suffer from anaemia or a lack of iron.
