-The Hindu Business Line A holistic approach, involving panchayats, community organisations, civil society and industry, is the best way forward Science is certain that persistence of under-Nutrition creates irreversible changes in the learning abilities of many infants, besides susceptibility to disease as they grow. The first thousand days are the key to reversing changes and ensuring proper Nutritional development of every infant and mother. The Fifth National Family Health Survey 2019-21 (NFHS-5)...
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Millions Of Children Will Soon Need Aadhaar IDs To Access Their Right To A Nutritious Meal -Tapasya
-Article-14.com A union government decision to cut funding to states that do not ensure children and mothers getting free food have Aadhaar IDs could cause millions of poor families to lose key sources of Nutrition. The move violates a Supreme Court order that no subsidy or service may be denied for want of an Aadhaar number. India’s national Nutrition mission provides free food to 79 million children aged six months to...
More »Survey reveals why rural women offer biscuits to their children for breakfast
-The Hindu A women’s voluntary group working is helping counter malNutrition among children in 30 villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka. They are creating awareness among mothers about malNutrition and nutritious food BELAGAVI: Members of Jagruti Mahila Okkoota, who were on a door-to-door survey on the food habits in some villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka, found that women were giving biscuit and tea to their children for breakfast while they ate...
More »Global hunger crisis pushing one child into severe malNutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries
-Press release by UNICEF.org Ahead of G7 summit, UNICEF appeals for US$1.2 billion to meet urgent needs of 8 million children at risk of death from severe wasting NEW YORK, 23 June 2022 — Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care – with the number rising by the minute, UNICEF warned today as...
More »Fortification of rice is not the correct solution to end malNutrition in Chhattisgarh, say fact-finding team members who visited the state
-Press release by by Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA-Kisan Swaraj) and the Right To Food Campaign (RTFC) dated June 20, 2022 Raipur/ New Delhi: Activists of Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) and Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) urged the Chhattisgarh government to abandon its rice fortification interventions. They appealed to the state government that it should not get coerced into distributing fortified rice in the food schemes...
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