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Edzani Mphaphuli

Edzani Mphaphuli

Public Health Medicine Specialist and Executive Director of Grow Great Campaign, leading South Africa's initiative to end childhood stunting by 2030.

Jun 27, 2026

11:03
Any further, uh, insights to add on, you know, children, adults, those working in our country, and how this impacts everything?
11:14
Mm.
11:15
Food, food insecurity impacts everything, and it steals human dignity for many families.
11:24
There are mothers whose breasts are dry and they can't feed their children, not because they don't want to, but because they can't afford the food that they need to be able to produce the breast milk that their children need.
11:38
And it's so sad that in South Africa at, between the ages of 18 and 24 months, we've got about 43% of children who are stunted.
11:49
Who've got stunted, stunted growth, which means their brains and bodies didn't develop well.

31 MINS LATER

42:48
For, for, for, for, even if food becomes available, if there continues to be aggressive marketing of-
42:56
of-ultra-processed unhealthy food, people will continue to think that that is the right food.

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