Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to this report by the United Nations agencies and development groups. According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million …
In this paper, the authors have constructed a composite indicator of anthropometric failure (CIAF) that refines the Waterlow-3 tier classification, using a recent nation-wide household survey. Anthropometric measures of child malnutrition rely on height, weight, skin-fold thickness and age. The analysis of determinants of CIAF yields some new insights-specifically, the …
The government of Maharashtra is offering subsidies for liquor production from foodgrains. This policy will turn jowar into a cash crop and divert huge quantities of foodgrains to alcohol production, creating scarcity and causing food inflation. Moreover, Right to Information documents have revealed the extent to which the claims made …
Child malnutrition is considerably high in the North and East Provinces and has reached 46 percent out of a national average of 29 percent, a Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) revealed. In two provinces the prevalence of malnutrition is significantly greater among boys, (50 percent ), than among girls (42 …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the objective behind constituting Atal Child Health and Nutrition Mission is to rid the State of the curse of malnutrition and also all-round healthcare of children. Chouhan also instructed for chalking out a strategy to implement the mission with community participation. The …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Not only has food grain production declined in the last decade but despite high inflation, food expenditure levels of the rural public have remained frozen at Rs 87 to buy 9 kg of grain May 25: With 159 children below five dying due to malnutrition in …
Exemplary agricultural research supported by good government policies has ensured food security in India. It is the right time to focus on micronutrient malnutrition in the country. Recently, Zn deficiency in diet especially of young children below 5 years of age has received global attention. Zn deficiency diseases in infants …
ACCORDING to paediatric specialists and nutritionists, around 240 children die every day in Bangladesh because of malnutrition and about 110 babies for not getting breast milk within one hour of birth. The figure has been estimated on the basis of some reports published by the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, …
Last week, the central government celebrated five successful years of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and its outreach programmes. But an international report from the voluntary group Save the Children, to be released on May 3, comes as a dampener. The figures show India topping the global list for …
In the land that once sheltered Lord Ram, Mawasi tribals tell SHRIYA MOHAN that they struggle to feed their children every day IN PATNI, a remote village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, sevenmonth- old Sandeep is playing in the mud. He finds a pumpkin seed in the dust and …
Delhi with a malnutrition rate of 47% among the urban poor and an overall rate of 35% in the city, is much worse than even Sub-Sahara at 33%, stated experts at a consultation on
Shivpuri: Kartar Adivasi, a one-year-old, weighed just 6.342 kg when he was admitted to the nutritional rehabilitation centre (NRC) at Narwar in Madhya Pradesh. Born to Banwari and Binia of village Kiranpura (Barkhadi), the child was kept at the NRC for 14 days and then under followup care at his …
SHRIYA MOHAN uncovers shocking tales of tribals battling hunger and starvation in the heartlands of Madhya Pradesh TODAY MAUSAM will not eat. There is just enough wheat flour left for three rotis but she stretches the dough thin to make four. She grinds a chutney of raw green chillies with …
Recent report on the status of food and welfare schemes that are being monitored by the Supreme Court of India under the Right to Food case (no. 196 of 2001). It shows what is missing, what is moving & what has to be done and where in various state welfare …
There has been a 6.3 pc rise in malnourished children in the state. The deduction has been arrived from a report of the National Family Health Survey. In comparison to other states, the state of children is MP is a cause for concern. Percentage wise malnutrition has gone up from …
The efforts to reduce child malnutrition in Chhattisgarh have hit a roadblock. The state has partially rolled back its policy of decentralized food provisioning in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), the key programme for reducing malnutrition amongst pre-school children. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) shows that 47 per …
New Delhi: Demanding that children below two years be recognised as a special vulnerable group in the Food Security Act, activists have underlined the urgency of tackling child malnutrition at a war footing. In a letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh, over 20 civil society organisations …
Ujjain: More than 8,000 malnourished children have been identified in this district. ''Special monitoring of such children is underway through training conventions for ward-level field officials via anganwadis. Five nutrition rehabilitation centres are being run,'' Women and Child Development Officer Sanjay Sisodia said today. As per the World Health Organisation's …
