A survey conducted by the Department of Women and Child Development in 2023 revealed that Bidar and Kolar districts had the highest share of children suffering malnutrition. A total of 27,73,247 children under the age of 6 were weighed across Karnataka for the survey to identify children suffering from malnutrition. In Bidar district, a total of 86,163 children were weighed, …
BHOPAL: There are 1.36 lakh children registered as malnourished in Madhya Pradesh. These figures regarding the total number of malnourished children registered under the Mukhyamantri Bal Arogya Samvardhan Program until January 30, 2024, were provided by the state’s Minister of Women and Child Development, Nirmala Bhuria, in response to a question posed by Congress MLA Atif Arif Aqeel in the …
‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’. The vicious cycle of a malnourished child growing into an unhealthy adolescent, and then further into an anaemic pregnant young woman giving birth to an asphyxiated low birth weight baby; this baby then facing possible developmental delays, only to grow into a malnourished child; and this child who struggles further …
Over 33 lakh children in India are malnourished and more than half of them fall in the severely malnourished category with Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat topping the list, the WCD ministry has said in response to an RTI query. Prompting concern that the Covid pandemic could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the poorest of the poor, the Women …
Over 33 lakh children in India are malnourished and more than half of them fall in the severely malnourished category with Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat topping the list, the WCD Ministry has said in response to an RTI query. Prompting concern that the Covid pandemic could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the poorest of the poor, the Women …