At the halfway point to the deadline set for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is seeing little to no improvement in most...
The 'Pada Pushti Yojana' aims to provide nutritional supplements to adolescent girls and additional dry food to pregnant women and expecting mothers
More than one in every five children worldwide – nearly 150 million – did not receive enough calories to grow normally in 2022, and more than...
The researchers modelled 37 underlying causes for anaemia, which they said were important for clinicians to treat in parallel to the anaemia itself.
Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said Meghalaya reported the highest number of stunting at 46.5 per cent,...
Odisha Government has made a provision of Rs 250 crore under Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana (MSPY) for 2023-24, said State Women and Child Development Minister Basanti...
Women and Child Development Minister Bhanuben Babariya informed that out of the total 1,25,707 malnourished children in Gujarat, 1,01,586 were 'underweight', while 24,121 fell in the...
For export of Indian millets, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, said the government plans to facilitate participation of exporters, farmers and traders in 16 International Trade...
Chief Of Nutrition, UNICEF India, Arjan de Wagt, stressed the importance of individual efforts in combating nutritional deficiency. He spoke about stunting as one of the...
The Union Ministry sources said that according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) the indicators of undernourishment, stunting, wasting and child mortality do not...
India has ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022, the peer-reviewed annual report, jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe
According to the World Health Organization, 39 million children were overweight or obese in 2020, leading to increased risks of heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and early...
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
