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Malnutrition: The Domino Effect Of Undernourished Soil
India has stubbornly high malnutrition figures, with one in five children under five reported to be wasted. And the food we eat is not the only reason behind our nutritional status. Agricultural practices play a crucial role, too.
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"Great Example": Bill Gates On India's Focus On Reducing Malnutrition
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said he would give India "an A"for its focus on solving the problem of malnutrition.
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Malnutrition Responsible For 15% Of India's Total Disease Burden In 2016: Report
Disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition in India was 12 times higher per person than in China in 2016 even as the life expectancy at birth in the country improved by over a decade, said a report on Tuesday.
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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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Here's what India needs to end malnutrition by 2030
Can an economy be run without a regular stream of credible data? Well, that’s the situation which people working towards ending malnutrition in India find themselves in. Until the Rapid Survey on Children (RSOC) data from 2013-14, seven years had elapsed since the last nationally representative nutrition survey, the third National Family Health S...
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Gujarat Chief Minister Refutes UNICEF Malnutrition Data, Says Situation 'Strikingly Improved'
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has refuted UNICEF data which says that over 33 per cent children in the state were underweight. She said the data is based on the figures of 2004-2005 and the situation has "strikingly improved" since then.
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Malnutrition: The Domino Effect Of Undernourished Soil
India has stubbornly high malnutrition figures, with one in five children under five reported to be wasted. And the food we eat is not the only reason behind our nutritional status. Agricultural practices play a crucial role, too.
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"Great Example": Bill Gates On India's Focus On Reducing Malnutrition
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said he would give India "an A"for its focus on solving the problem of malnutrition.
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Malnutrition Responsible For 15% Of India's Total Disease Burden In 2016: Report
Disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition in India was 12 times higher per person than in China in 2016 even as the life expectancy at birth in the country improved by over a decade, said a report on Tuesday.
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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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Here's what India needs to end malnutrition by 2030
Can an economy be run without a regular stream of credible data? Well, that’s the situation which people working towards ending malnutrition in India find themselves in. Until the Rapid Survey on Children (RSOC) data from 2013-14, seven years had elapsed since the last nationally representative nutrition survey, the third National Family Health S...
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Gujarat Chief Minister Refutes UNICEF Malnutrition Data, Says Situation 'Strikingly Improved'
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has refuted UNICEF data which says that over 33 per cent children in the state were underweight. She said the data is based on the figures of 2004-2005 and the situation has "strikingly improved" since then.
