MALNOURISHED WOMEN

Senior BJP leader S Suresh Kumar has appealed to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to rescind the increase in milk prices, arguing that milk is the primary protein source for millions of malnourished women and children from economically weaker sections. H...

"Zero-food children" are children between 6 and 23 months old who did not consume any milk, formula, or food in the last 24 hours. A Harvard study, published last month in the JAMA Network Open, a peer-reviewed journal, found that the prevalence of ...

The survey also credited the increase in institutional deliveries and improvement in maternal health to better infrastructure and improved access to contraceptives.

Also, India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Of these, Uttar Pradesh counted for 3,98,359 and Bihar 2,79,427, according to the figures shared by the ministry. Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, Manipur and Madhya Pradesh reported no severely malnourished children.

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​​“The cows will be given to the families who are willing to keep them and also have available space for them. If the family wishes so, it will also be given an opportunity to choose a cow at the cow shelter. As far as possible, the cow would be han...

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, released on Monday, estimated that almost 690 million people globally were undernourished (or hungry) in 2019, up by 10 million from 2018.

The government is now planning to cover 1,50,000 anganwadis across 77 districts in eight states by the end of this year.

He exhorted that the temple should play an active role in propagating against social evils like dowry and child marriage among devotees.

In a stark and chilling reminder of the realities of life in India, the recently released family health survey results show that over 58% of children below five years of age are anaemic.More than half of under-5 children in India are anaemic

The ministry note added that as anganwadi women retire, they can be replaced with educated, bright young girls.

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Earlier the CM had similarly also included desi ghee and milk powder to be distributed among those is distress in drought hit Bundelkhand region.

The government has decided to create a centralised data bank of statistics related to women and children from across the country that will be accessible to all departments.

The Women and Child Development Ministry has decided to intensify its efforts in battling malnourishment among children.

While Jharkand has the second highest number of malnourished children (56.5 per cent) followed by Bihar (55.9 per cent), Chhattisgarh has second highest number of anaemic children.

Chhattisgarh government claimed that over 37,000 children in the state have become healthy and are no more malnourished, thanks to state's 'Nava Jatan Yojna'.

"She was suffering from pneumonia infection," the Minister said, but acknowledged that had the girl been healthy, she would have survived such an attack.