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Swasth Report Card: Rural Areas In Rajasthan Are Still Lagging Behind In Healthcare

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March 23, 2020
Swasth Report Card: Rural Areas In Rajasthan Are Still Lagging Behind In Healthcare
Malnutrition News Rajasthan Swasth India Swasth Report Cards
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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Swasth Report Of Punjab: India’s Food Basket Suffers from High Prevalence Of Anaemia Among Women And Children

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March 23, 2020
Swasth Report Of Punjab: India’s Food Basket Suffers from High Prevalence Of Anaemia Among Women And Children
Malnutrition News Punjab Swasth India Swasth Report Cards
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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Ladies, This Women’s Day Take The Pledge To Stay Healthy And Guard Against These Common Health Problems Faced By Women In India

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March 8, 2020
This Women’s Day, we draw attention to some of the serious health issues that women in India
Swasth India Women's Day Special
Years of gender bias has meant that women have been denied basics like access to nutritious food, sanitation and health care facilities, so this Women’s Day, we look at some of the critical health issues faced by women in India  ...
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My School, My Farm: This IAS Officer’s Brainchild Has Led To A Poshan Revolution In A Remote Mizoram District

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March 7, 2020
Lawngtlai has 35.3 per cent stunted, 21.3 per cent underweight and 5.9 per cent severely wasted (low weight-for-height) children under the age of 5, which is the highest in Mizoram
Mizoram Nutrition Swasth India Women's Day Special
Mizoram’s Deputy Commissioner Shashanka Ala started the ‘My School My Farm’ initiative, where in order to improve the nutritional status of the meals served in schools, home grown vegetables are in the campus  ...
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International Women’s Day Special: Celebrate The Work Of Women Swasth Warriors Who Are Making India Healthy

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March 6, 2020
International Women’s Day Special: Celebrate The Work Of Women Swasth Warriors Who Are Making India Healthy
Swasth India Swasth Warrior Women's Day Special
On this International Women’s Day we take a look at the work of such women swasth warriors who are working relentlessly to make India a swasth country ...
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Malnutrition – Free India: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Launches ‘Suposhit Maa Abhiyan’ In Kota

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March 2, 2020
Speaking at the launch of 'Suposhit Maa Abhiyan' in Kota, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the Abhiyan is a campaign to preserve and maintain the health of our future generations
News Nutrition Swasth India
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in Kota said that under the Suposhit Maa Abhiyan, 1,000 pregnant women would be given food items for one month ...
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Obesity Is Much More Complex Than Just Being Excess Calories Or High Body Mass Index, Say Researchers

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February 26, 2020
Obesity Is Much More Complex Than Just Being Excess Calories Or High Body Mass Index, Say Researchers
Malnutrition News Swasth India
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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Uttar Pradesh: A Family Loses Four Members In Six Years To Malnutrition, Human Rights Commission Writes To The State Government

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February 21, 2020
NHRC is also seeking a detailed report, including the data pertaining to effective implementation of social welfare schemes in the district Basti
Malnutrition News
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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Nutrition In India: PETA India Calls For Vegan Mid-Day Meals, Experts Differ

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February 14, 2020
Mid-Day Meal scheme served about 9.17 crore children in 11.35 lakh schools, across the country in 2018-19: Ministry of Human Resource Development
Nutrition
PETA India has written to education ministries across India to point out health dangers of meat, egg, and dairy consumption, but some experts differ ...
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To Educate Children About Nutrition, Jammu And Kashmir’s Government Schools Will Now Have Nutrition Gardens

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February 6, 2020
With Jammu consisting 12,252 government schools and Kashmir 11,495 schools, J&K is home to 23,747 government schools
Jammu & Kashmir News Nutrition
Jammu and Kashmir establishes “school nutrition gardens” in all government-run schools to enable the use of fresh organic vegetables grown in such gardens for the preparation of mid-day meals for students and improve nutritional knowledge of the students ...
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Budget 2020: Experts React To The Rs 35,600 Crores Allocation For ‘Nutrition Related Programmes’

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February 1, 2020
Budget 2020 - Nutrition budget allocation of Rs. 35,600 crore as proposed in budget 2020-21 is a welcome move: Experts
Malnutrition Nutrition Swasth India
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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Budget 2020: 10 Things Health And Nutrition Experts And Activists Are Expecting From The Union Budget

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January 31, 2020
Budget 2020: 10 Things Health And Nutrition Experts And Activists Are Expecting From The Union Budget
Features News Nutrition Swasth India
Budget 2020: Before the budget is released, NDTV spoke to experts and activists for their budget wishlist to deal with issues of malnutrition, health and hygiene ...
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