Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
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Poorest of poor and uneducated women left behind in ICDS
Anganwadi services have a poor reach among key beneficiaries – the poorest of the poor and uneducated mothers – according to a paper published in a WHO bulletin recently. The government’s Integrated
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TISS study in Palghar on children under six yrs: 59% children stunted, 53% underweight
Between April and June 2017, the school of health systems studies at TISS surveyed 375 tribal hutments with children aged under six, including 166 boys and 209 girls, in Vikramgad block of Palghar district.
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HC seeks details of nutritional items procured by ICDS
High Court today sought affidavit from the authorities disclosing therein the details of amount received and payment made for the supply, purchase and procurement of nutritional items for Anganwari Centers
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On an average, 87,000 Maharashtra kids in rural, tribal and slums underweight
PUNE: Of the 57 lakh children in the state screened every month for their weight and nutrition status under Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), an average of over 87,000 children are severely underweight.
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Food fortification in India: status and road ahead- need for a strategic shift for further scale up
Nutrition is on the centre stage of the National Development Agenda with respect to Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a clear focus on reduction of maternal, infant and young child mortality.
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Child health in India: 14 out of 20 states cut spending on key programmes
Despite greater fiscal autonomy and higher tax revenues shared by the Centre with states, 14 of 20 states surveyed cut spending on a key nutrition programme–Supplementary Nutrition Programme or SNP–that
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Child health in India: 14 out of 20 states cut spending on key programmes
Despite greater fiscal autonomy and higher tax revenues shared by the Centre with states, 14 of 20 states surveyed cut spending on a key nutrition programme–Supplementary Nutrition Programme or SNP–that
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Cosmetic measures
The National Nutrition Mission, with all its hype, is confined very much to fixing targets, and its focus does not seem to consist in addressing the causes for the high prevalence of malnutrition, stunting
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India gets $200 million loan for nutrition mission
To improve nutritional status of 10 cr persons across 315 districts India on Monday signed an agreement with the World Bank for a $200 million loan for implementing the National Nutrition Mission across
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Budget 2018: The healthcare system needs more money and an urgent overhaul
This is the last full budget of the present government and the last opportunity for it to demonstrate its commitment to India's health and nutrition Slow improvements in basic indicators of maternal