Maharashtra Malnourishment
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Activists Oppose Maharashtra's Ready-To-Use Food Packets Scheme For Malnourished Children
Mumbai: Maharashtra government’s proposed plan to provide ready-to-use therapeutic food packets for malnourished children has not found approval from the health activists. According to the activists, when the packet containing a sweet paste was given to malnourished children in a pilot project in Nandurbar district, the improvements shown were v...
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Palghar Malnourishment: Pics From Ground Zero
Palghar, Maharashtra: With the release of the National Family Health Survey 2015-16, Maharashtra woke up to an embarrassing reality. 83,000 children, below the age of six years, were found to be severely underweight in the state. Worst affected was the tribal-dominated Palghar district with over 7,320 manourished children and over 200 child deat...
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For Anganwadi Workers in Palghar, Overcoming Malnourishment A Challenge
Palghar, Maharashtra: As Maharashtra’s tribal-dominated Palghar grapples with the malnourishment crisis, for the 337 anganwadis in the area, the challenges are mounting. For seven years, anganwadi worker Vandana Gangurde’s one room home has doubled up as an anganwadi for children up to the age of six. It’s the same for Suman Deshmukh who ru...
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‘You Don't Bother When Children Die’: Maharashtra Pulled Up For Malnourishment Deaths
New Delhi/Mumbai: After the National Human Rights Commission sent a notice to the Maharashtra government two weeks ago, the state faced strong criticism by the Supreme Court on Tuesday for failing to tackle the malnourishment crisis. “You don’t bother when children die because you think it is a small figure in a country with large population,...
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All Kids In Maharashtra’s Palghar To Be Screened For Malnutrition
Palghar: The district administration has undertaken the screening of all children in Palghar’s four tribal talukas in Maharashtra following a number of malnutrition cases coming to light. About 60 per cent of the screening work, being done with help of angangwadi workers, has been completed, District Collector Abhijit Bhangar said. A total of 2,2...
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28% Kids Found Underweight At Health Camps In Maharashtra's Rural Palghar
Thane: Palghar district in Maharashtra is grappling with severe child malnutrition, a survey has shown. During the recent health camps, nearly 28 per cent children were found to be severely underweight in tribal-dominated Mokhada taluka in the rural Palghar district. State Health Minister Deepak Sawant visited the camps held at five villages in the...
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Pune transport head apologises for using money for malnourished children to run buses
After NDTV exposed how tax collected to help feed malnourished children in Maharashtra was being diverted for maintenance of buses, the Director of Pune's bus transport department, which owes 50 crores, has apologised for the insensitivity and promised to deposit the money.
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Food for children sold for livestock: Middleman finally arrested
The police have sprung into action after NDTV's expose showed how food for malnourished children in Thane district of Maharashtra was being siphoned off and sold as chicken feed. The middleman Yashwant Thakre who was ready to sell the food to NDTV, has been arrested and charged with cheating and misappropriation. The police arrested him on Thursda...
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Food for children sold as feed for livestock: Maharashtra suspends anganwadi worker
The Maharashtra government has suspended an anganwadi supervisor and expelled another worker after an NDTV expose which showed that food meant for malnourished children was siphoned off and sold in the market as chicken feed.
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More than 24,000 Maharashtra children died of malnourishment in 1 year, says Govt report
The Maharashtra government today released malnourishment figures for the state which shockingly show that over 24,000 children died of malnourishment in the past one year.
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Activists Oppose Maharashtra's Ready-To-Use Food Packets Scheme For Malnourished Children
Mumbai: Maharashtra government’s proposed plan to provide ready-to-use therapeutic food packets for malnourished children has not found approval from the health activists. According to the activists, when the packet containing a sweet paste was given to malnourished children in a pilot project in Nandurbar district, the improvements shown were v...
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Palghar Malnourishment: Pics From Ground Zero
Palghar, Maharashtra: With the release of the National Family Health Survey 2015-16, Maharashtra woke up to an embarrassing reality. 83,000 children, below the age of six years, were found to be severely underweight in the state. Worst affected was the tribal-dominated Palghar district with over 7,320 manourished children and over 200 child deat...
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For Anganwadi Workers in Palghar, Overcoming Malnourishment A Challenge
Palghar, Maharashtra: As Maharashtra’s tribal-dominated Palghar grapples with the malnourishment crisis, for the 337 anganwadis in the area, the challenges are mounting. For seven years, anganwadi worker Vandana Gangurde’s one room home has doubled up as an anganwadi for children up to the age of six. It’s the same for Suman Deshmukh who ru...
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‘You Don't Bother When Children Die’: Maharashtra Pulled Up For Malnourishment Deaths
New Delhi/Mumbai: After the National Human Rights Commission sent a notice to the Maharashtra government two weeks ago, the state faced strong criticism by the Supreme Court on Tuesday for failing to tackle the malnourishment crisis. “You don’t bother when children die because you think it is a small figure in a country with large population,...
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All Kids In Maharashtra’s Palghar To Be Screened For Malnutrition
Palghar: The district administration has undertaken the screening of all children in Palghar’s four tribal talukas in Maharashtra following a number of malnutrition cases coming to light. About 60 per cent of the screening work, being done with help of angangwadi workers, has been completed, District Collector Abhijit Bhangar said. A total of 2,2...
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28% Kids Found Underweight At Health Camps In Maharashtra's Rural Palghar
Thane: Palghar district in Maharashtra is grappling with severe child malnutrition, a survey has shown. During the recent health camps, nearly 28 per cent children were found to be severely underweight in tribal-dominated Mokhada taluka in the rural Palghar district. State Health Minister Deepak Sawant visited the camps held at five villages in the...
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Pune transport head apologises for using money for malnourished children to run buses
After NDTV exposed how tax collected to help feed malnourished children in Maharashtra was being diverted for maintenance of buses, the Director of Pune's bus transport department, which owes 50 crores, has apologised for the insensitivity and promised to deposit the money.
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Food for children sold for livestock: Middleman finally arrested
The police have sprung into action after NDTV's expose showed how food for malnourished children in Thane district of Maharashtra was being siphoned off and sold as chicken feed. The middleman Yashwant Thakre who was ready to sell the food to NDTV, has been arrested and charged with cheating and misappropriation. The police arrested him on Thursda...
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Food for children sold as feed for livestock: Maharashtra suspends anganwadi worker
The Maharashtra government has suspended an anganwadi supervisor and expelled another worker after an NDTV expose which showed that food meant for malnourished children was siphoned off and sold in the market as chicken feed.
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More than 24,000 Maharashtra children died of malnourishment in 1 year, says Govt report
The Maharashtra government today released malnourishment figures for the state which shockingly show that over 24,000 children died of malnourishment in the past one year.
