According to United Nations' World Food Programme, the world faces "mega-famines" if enough actions are not taken to combat the ripple effects of coronavirus pandemic on the economically poor countries which are already grappling with food insecurity ...
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition
New studies on child survival show that more than 30 per cent of total districts in the country would need higher reduction in U5MR and 60 per cent of total districts would need higher reduction in NMR in order to meet 2030 SDGs ...
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According to experts, while the efforts to control coronavirus should be strengthened as much as possible, other crucial health issues in the country like malnutrition should also continue to receive attention ...
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A lowdown on Rajasthan’s performance on health parameters and how the state over the years has surpassed the national performance across some indicators while seen a negative trend in other parameters ...
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A lowdown on Punjab’s performance on health parameters and how the state has fared in term of the health of women and children of the state ...
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In a recent study published in the journal ‘Obesity’, researchers have proposed a new classification system for obesity that incorporates various complications associated with it to help the patients get better treatments and therapies ...
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The students from Arjun Pura Khalsa School were hospitalised after they complained of nausea, diarrhoea and stomach cramps ...
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After reports from UP revealed the death of four family members in the last six years due to Malnutrition, the National Human Rights Commission has written to the Uttar Pradesh government calling the case as “a matter of concern” ...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 35,600 crores for ‘nutrition related programmes’ for the Financial year 2020-21. Experts explain what that could mean to the nutrition status of the country ...
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Launched on January 26, ‘Shivbhojan’ scheme aims to provide freshly cooked meals at a subsidised rate of Rs. 10 at 122 centres across Maharashtra ...
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Gujarat’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched 'Gujarat Poshan Abhiyan 2020-22', a state-wide drive against malnutrition ...
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New Delhi: As a disproportionately high number of premature deaths in India are caused by preventable diet-related disease, researchers from several institutes including those from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi are collaborating to develop a measurement tool to capture dietary data at a national ...
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