Maharashtra

Child malnutrition has emerged as a silent national emergency and the greatest human development challenge for India. According to the World Health Organization, child malnutrition accounts of 68 per cent of all infant mortality rate in India. In 2019, Reckitt Benckiser conceptualised Nutrition India Programme with an aim to work together with the communities, to push for solutions more rapidly on the ground. The programme is presently working with the Maharashtra government to end malnutrition in state’s Amravati and Nandurbar districts, considered to be one of the toughest regions. Here's an excerpt from the report explaining the impact of the programme so far. ...

Reckitt Benckiser’s Nutrition India Programme shows why investing in the country’s healthcare system is so important ...

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Amitabh Bachchan, who along with his son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya and granddaughter Aaradhya tested positive for the coronavirus, took to Twitter to post a message of gratitude for the healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The Nutrition India Programme was piloted during 2019-20 and is now helping 32,900 children under the age of 5 amd 3,900 pregnant women ...