Context: Worsening of child nutrition calls for immediate and decisive course correction. More on news: The first phase of NFHS-5, held during 2019-2020, covered 17 states and five Union territories. What are the findings of the report? Revelation from the survey: southern states have joined the league of poor performing states. Stunting has risen in Kerala and… Continue reading Child nutrition needs attention
Tag: hunger and malnutrition
Nutritional agenda
Context: The fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS 2019-20) factsheets on the burden of child under nutrition is not encouraging. How is under nutrition measured? Relied on the measure of a child’s anthropometry: Children are defined as stunted, underweight or wasted if their standardised height-for-age, weight-for-age or weight-for-height is more than two standard… Continue reading Nutritional agenda
What are the implications of Initial NFHS-5 results?
This article on NFHS-5 results has been developed based on the Indian Express Article under the title ‘Give children weight’ that appeared in the news on 17th December 2020. Situation of Nutrition in India as per NFHS-5 survey and other measures As per the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4), 35.7 per cent children below five… Continue reading What are the implications of Initial NFHS-5 results?
Child nutrition
Context: New evidence on child nutrition calls for a radical expansion of child nutrition development services. What are the various issues found by several survey reports on child nutrition? NFHS-4: Leaving aside two or three countries like Niger and Yemen, India has the highest proportion of underweight children in the world: a full 36 per cent according… Continue reading Child nutrition
NFHS findings
Context: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released data fact sheets for 22 States and Union Territories based on the findings of Phase I of the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5). What are the worrying findings? Malnutrition: Of the 22 States and UTs, there is an increase in the prevalence of severe acute… Continue reading NFHS findings
Fifth Edition of National Family Health Survey
News: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS). Facts: NFHS: It was conducted after a gap of three years.It contains detailed information on population, health, and nutrition for India and its states and Union Territories. This is the Phase 1 of the survey conducted in 17… Continue reading Fifth Edition of National Family Health Survey
Nutritional Security
Context: The single greatest threat that blocks the promise of India at a foundational level is malnutrition. What are the different effects of malnutrition on people? Effect of malnutrition: Malnourished children tend to fall short of their real potential physically as well as mentally. That is because malnutrition leaves their bodies weaker and more susceptible… Continue reading Nutritional Security
Social registry, for better targeting of welfare schemes
Context: A social registry linking Aadhaar to residence info can target aid to the vulnerable during a pandemic. Contents1 What is the need for Social registry?2 India’s Case:3 What can we learn from these observations?4 What is the way forward? What is the need for Social registry? Recent estimates from the World Bank suggest that 88… Continue reading Social registry, for better targeting of welfare schemes
India’s malnutrition challenge 2020
Context: There is need for an immediate universalisation of the PDS, distribution of quality food items and community kitchens. Contents1 What does the recent survey of the Hindu say?2 What does the global reports say about malnutrition?3 What are the issues currently existing?4 What need to be done? What does the recent survey of the Hindu say? In this report, a schoolteacher… Continue reading India’s malnutrition challenge 2020
The Wide Net of Hunger
Context: Since the lockdown, the Government of India (GoI) has announced Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) and Atmanirbhar Bharat. However, numerous studies have shown their inadequacy. What is the hunger watch survey? The Right to Food campaign in partnership with several civil society organisations initiated “Hunger Watch”, a rapid survey across 11 states from mid-September… Continue reading The Wide Net of Hunger
