The progress made by India on maternal and nutrition outcomes over the last decade is encouraging. Between 2006-16, stunting among children below five years declined from 48 percent to 38 percent, anemia among women of reproductive age came down from 55.3 percent to 53 percent, and exclusive breastfeeding increased from 46.4 percent to 54.9 percent. >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Strengthening Data, Analytics and Evidence for Nutrition: An Overview of POSHAN-II
In 2012, India committed to achieving the six WHA targets for stunting, wasting, anemia, exclusive breastfeeding and overweight/obesity and then reaffirmed commitments to nutrition as part of the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2016. Tracking India’s progress on these maternal, infant and young child nutrition targets has been challenging, due to lack of […]
World Malaria Day 2017: Low-Cost Solutions for India’s Push for Prevention
Source: IFPRI Blog. Despite global progress in reducing malaria cases worldwide, the disease remains a significant threat to health and well-being around the world. World Malaria Day (April 25) offers an opportunity to consider the most effective means for reducing malaria and their potential benefits for long-term public health. IFPRI’s POSHAN project has estimated that distributing insecticide-treated […]
Transforming the Food and Nutrition Landscape in Assam
Source: Transform Nutrition Recently, I attended a policy seminar titled ‘Transforming Food and Nutrition Landscape in Assam’ on 29th March 2017 in Guwahati, Assam. The dialogue was co-organized by the Inter-Agency Group, Assam and Coalition for Food & Nutrition Security and was attended by about 50 stakeholders comprising senior policymakers from Government of Assam and […]
