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Top 10 countries worst hit by the global hunger crisis—where does India stand?
October 18, 2024 8:31 am
World Food Day 2024, Top 10 worst hit countries on the Global Hunger Index: Regardless of the global community's persistent emphasis on the importance of the right to adequate food, the concerning imbalance still persists.
Over 1.25 lakh malnourished children in Gujarat: Minister
March 17, 2023 3:18 am
Tribal-dominated district of Narmada accounted for the highest number of malnourished children (12,492), followed by Vadodara (11,322), Anand (9,615), Sabarkantha (7,270), Surat (6,967) and Bharuch (5,863), said Babariya in her written replies.
Report: Malnourished children only witnessing 20-30% weight gain in district-level centres
January 11, 2023 7:16 pm
District-level NRC is a health facility that caters to children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in the 1 month to five years age group.
Number of undernourished people in India declines to 224.3 million; obesity among adults on the rise: UN report
July 07, 2022 11:23 am
The report said that the number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted declined to 36.1 million in 2020 from 52.3 million in 2012, the number of children under five years of age who are overweight declined to 2.2 million in 2020 from three million in 2012
Bombay HC refuses to interfere with Rs 245-crore tender over Covid-19
February 19, 2021 9:02 pm
The court said it was not inclined to deprive the children from 7,549 schools of nutritious food during the pandemic.
More than 1.96 lakh malnourished kids in Gujarat, says govt
December 13, 2019 12:10 pm
The state government stated that there are 1,96,660 malnourished children in the 33 districts of Gujarat. The lowest number of malnourished children were found in Porbandar (709) and Botad (938).
Maharashtra govt stops distribution of RUTF
October 31, 2017 3:53 am
“Enough evidence is not available for use of RUTF vis a vis other interventions for management of severe acute malnourishment. RUTF may replace nutritional practices and family foods that children would normally be eating,” the Union WCD ministry said.
Maharashtra: Nandurbar procures ready-to-use food despite Centre’s notice
October 30, 2017 3:56 am
On August 28, the central WCD ministry had asked all states to strictly comply with the notification cautioning against implementation of therapeutic food for malnourished children stating that “enough evidence is not available” to indicate its benefits.
Over 8 lakh malnourished children in Gujarat; Vadodara records highest numbers
July 26, 2014 8:41 pm
Vadodara has the highest number of children -- over 65,800 -- who are underweight in Gujarat.
Cereal indiscretions
June 23, 2014 9:00 am
The food security act is inadequate to meeting the malnutrition challenge.
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN PHOTOS
Palghar: Parents migrate to earn bread, undernourishment kills children
April 12, 2019 7:16 am
While both the Congress and the BJP are lining up behind jobs guarantee, no income support deprives basic needs to the tribals in Palghar.
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