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How to tackle malnutrition effectively

January 29, 2024 10:02 am

Government programmes to fortify staples should be supplemented with initiatives on balanced diets

Ashok Gulati, Purvi Thangaraj write: Better nutrition, fewer emissions

May 29, 2023 11:18 am

Savings from reduction in fertiliser and power subsidies can be ploughed into agricultural research, improve food and nutritional security in the face of climate change

A death and a hospital admission raise queries; case of 'secondary malnutrition', say docs

March 26, 2023 7:16 am

Senior doctors suspect both the five-year-old and her brother, who died earlier this week, probably suffered from a congenital disorder.

To tackle malnutrition, mothers in Nandurbar learn breastfeeding method devised at IIT-B

October 03, 2022 8:15 am

Like Meenabai’s child, hundreds of newborns across Nandurbar have benefitted from these techniques. For the first time, the district is witnessing a 30-40 gram per day weight gain among newborns, as compared to 10-12 gram earlier.

HC summons Nandurbar district collector over child deaths due to malnutrition

September 13, 2022 12:55 pm

The court also pulled up the state government about a large number of vacant posts for doctors in the region.

Challenge to nurture India has become bigger with the outbreak of COVID-19

September 14, 2020 8:57 am

For “POSHAN Maah” to contribute towards the holistic nourishment of children and a malnutrition free India by 2030, the government needs to address the multi-dimensional determinants of malnutrition on an urgent basis.

Why lower socio-economic inequality holds key to reducing malnutrition

May 25, 2018 10:03 am

More than two-thirds of India’s 640 districts, mainly in north and central India, have high to very high levels of stunting.

‘11% of kids under five in state underweight’

February 12, 2014 12:24 am

State government releases latest malnutrition figures on the basis of survey under ICDS.

Help the little ones live

November 19, 2009 6:45 pm

In the many speeches and statements on the Children's Day last week,no one talked of millions who have died in infancy.

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