Today, poor diets are the top risk factor in the global burden of disease, killing millions of children and weakening the physical and mental development of hundreds of million more, undermining lifetime prospects and national development. Photo: UNICEF/Naftalin
The United Nations' childrens agency UNICEF is reiterating calls for protecting children in Solomon Islands which has one of the highest rates of violence against children in the world.
Taking just one statistic as an example, the chief of UNICEF's Solomon Islands field office Zelalem Taffesse says thirty seven percent of girls in the country experience sexual violence before the age of 15.
RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins asked Mr Taffesse about the challenges to protecting children's rights in Solomon Islands.
