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| 5-day-old Sugar-Ochir from Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. © UNICEF/UN0188808 |
Sugar-Ochir from
Mongolia was born via C-section. His mother is a herder. Her previous babies
were born in a very cold and dark room. Thanks to the heated health centre and
the micronutrients she took, she delivered Sugar-Ochir feeling warm, and did not
feel tired during the pregnancy (iron deficiency can make women feel exhausted
and depleted). She said the pills changed her and her baby’s life. His mother,
Namjilmaa Naransuren, 38, and the father, Lkagvadorji Dashdavaa are herders, and they live in Tosontsengel soum (subprovince), some 60 km away from the province centre, Murun.
The family has 3 boys (aged 18 and 16, and the newborn baby).
