Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a flagship program of the Government of India, offers nutrition services to support child development. Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Improving Maternal Nutrition in India Through Integrated Hot-Cooked Meal Programs: A Review of Implementation Evidence
The One Full Meal (OFM) program aims to improve maternal nutrition and health across India by bundling center-based hot-cooked meals Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Abstract Digest on Maternal and Child Nutrition Research – Issue 34
This issue of Abstract Digest comes to you at a time when the global nutrition research community is actively looking Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Stopping Muzaffarpur Child Deaths Will Require a Gender-Sensitive Social Analysis
Muzaffarpur is emblematic of a hot spot for undernutrition in India. With one in two children stunted, Muzaffarpur lags India’s average by ten percentage points. One in two women is anaemic and one in three is underweight. Although most infants are breastfed and exclusive breastfeeding is high, other aspects of infant diets are abysmal and childhood illness is high. Other social determinants of malnutrition – early marriage, poverty, open defecation and more – offer a case study in what one could call a “perfect storm” of risk factors. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Abstract Digest on Maternal and Child Nutrition Research – Issue 27
We are delighted to present another issue of Abstract Digest with a collection of interesting and insightful articles on various aspects of maternal and child nutrition, from around the world, with relevance to India. Four articles in this issue have used different rounds of the National Family Health Survey data to examine a range of >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
