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One in 10 Afghan children under five malnourished, 45 percent stunted: UN
9 months, 1 week ago

One in 10 Afghan children under five malnourished, 45 percent stunted: UN

Al Jazeera  

Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a condition that stalks one in 10 children in Afghanistan after decades of conflict. Ten percent of children under five in Afghanistan are malnourished and 45 percent are stunted, meaning they are small for their age in part due to poor …

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UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths
10 months, 3 weeks ago

UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths

New Indian Express  

GENEVA: An alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition and the rampant spread of disease could spark an explosion in child deaths in Gaza, the United Nations warned Monday. Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had become "incredibly scarce" in the Palestinian territory, adding that virtually all young …

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Protein-rich diet improves condition of malnourished children at anganwadi centres
1 year, 11 months ago

Protein-rich diet improves condition of malnourished children at anganwadi centres

The Hindu  

Officials of the Women Development and Child Welfare Department, in association with St. Theresas College for Women and Maarpu Trust, visited the anganwadi centres and checked the growth of malnourished children on Saturday. NTR District Internal Complaints Committee chairperson and Maarpu Trust director R. Suez said that the protein rich diet prepared by students of the Department of Clinical Nutrition …

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UP Installs Growth Monitoring Devices in Anganwadis to Identify Malnourished Children
3 years, 5 months ago

UP Installs Growth Monitoring Devices in Anganwadis to Identify Malnourished Children

News 18  

Ramping up the facilities to improve the nutritional level in children, the Department of Bal Vikas Seva evam Pushtahar of the Uttar Pradesh government has installed baby weighing machines and stadiometer machines in the Anganwadi centres of all districts. In the ICT-RTM of the Central government’s ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’, the growth monitoring devices are required to monitor the weight and height …

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Meet 25-Year-Old Bengaluru Entrepreneur on Forbes Asia's 30 'Under 30' List for Making Women Healthier
3 years, 8 months ago

Meet 25-Year-Old Bengaluru Entrepreneur on Forbes Asia's 30 'Under 30' List for Making Women Healthier

News 18  

Last year when the pandemic struck the country prompting the government to order a stringent lockdown, many businesses were shut following massive losses. But Vibha Harish, a 25-year old entrepreneur from Bengaluru, found abundant sun shining to make hay during 2020 — So much so that she made it to the Forbes Asia’s 30 Under- 30 in just one year …

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Coronavirus lockdown | Care for malnourished children hit
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Care for malnourished children hit

The Hindu  

Latest data from the government’s National Health Mission shows that children with increased risk of mortality could not receive urgent in-patient care at special wards, also known as nutrition rehabilitation centres, following the nationwide lockdown from March 25. The NHM data shows that the number of children admitted in NRCs from April to June was a mere fraction of the …

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Restart hot cooked meals at anganwadis: Right to Food Campaign
4 years, 5 months ago

Restart hot cooked meals at anganwadis: Right to Food Campaign

The Hindu  

The government must resume provision of hot-cooked meals and ensure implementation of anganwadi services such as growth monitoring and community management of acutely malnourished children either within the day care centres or at the houses of the beneficiaries, urged the Right to Food Campaign in a memorandum to Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. Food security allowance Following …

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Ensure children are not malnourished: NGO to govt.
4 years, 8 months ago

Ensure children are not malnourished: NGO to govt.

The Hindu  

Mobile Creches — an NGO working for the rights of vulnerable children for quality Early Childhood Development — on Thursday said as a part of the COVID-19 emergency relief response, governments are not adequately addressing the needs of children such as care, balanced nutrition, health and hygiene. Also, early learning has taken a backseat, the NGO stated. “The risks of …

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Aged care residents malnourished, staff panicked, Hobart dietitian tells royal commission
5 years, 4 months ago

Aged care residents malnourished, staff panicked, Hobart dietitian tells royal commission

ABC  

A dietitian was appalled to find more than half of residents at a Hobart residential aged care facility were malnourished or at risk of malnourishment when she was called in as a consultant late last year. Key points: A dietitian says the malnourishment rates at an aged care facility she visited were "appalling" Nutrition Australia estimates up to 60 per …

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