-Newsclick.in Latest health survey (NFHS-5) reveals shocking levels of anaemia and malnutrition in States. In a chilling report, the latest National Family and Health Survey (NFHS)-5 has found that some States have one-third to nearly half of young children (up to 5 years of age) suffering from low weight, stunting and wasting, all symptoms of chronic lack of healthy food. In addition, an unconscionable half to over three-fourth of children, and one-third to...
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Findings of NFHS-5 show India’s population is stabilising: Population Foundation of India
-The Indian Express The first set of findings from the fifth NFHS, conducted in 2019-20, was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday, December 12, four years after the last survey (NFHS-4, 2015-16). Pune: India’s population is stabilising, as the total fertility rate (TFR) has decreased across majority of the States. Of 17 States analysed in the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS), except for Bihar,...
More »Anaemia prevalent among women, male participation in family planning low: NFHS-5 -Neetu Chandra Sharma
-Livemint.com * Male engagement in family planning continues to be limited as seen by the low uptake of condoms and male sterilization across States * While spousal violence has generally declined in most of the States and UTs, it has witnessed an increase in five States Majority of Indian women continue to suffer from anaemia and remain on the backseat in taking family planning decisions, showed findings of the first phase of the...
More »Malnutrition in kids worsens in key States 2015-19 -Udit Misra and Nushaiba Iqbal
-The Indian Express This is one of the startling revelations in the first-phase data of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-20 — released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on December 12 — and marks a shift since the last NFHS in 2015-16. Several States across the country have reversed course and recorded worsening levels of child malnutrition despite dramatic improvements in sanitation and better access to fuel...
More »The roots of the agricultural crisis run deep -Himanshu
-The Hindu Declining agricultural incomes and flagging state support to agriculture are some of the key structural issues The standoff between farmers and the government continues even after a few rounds of discussion and more than a fortnight of protest at the Delhi border by the farmers. The latest proposal by the government indicates its willingness to amend the three agriculture-related Acts passed in September. On the contentious issues of registration of...
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