Three top panels on nutrition, but zero meetings in pandemic year
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I am angry at ‘collapse’ of nutrition system: panel member
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The UNICEF warned in July last that 6.7 million additional children under five could suffer from wasting and there could be nearly 10,000 more under-five deaths a month globally. File Photo.
I am angry at ‘collapse’ of nutrition system: panel member
The government’s three top committees on nutrition responsible for providing policy directions, monitoring the implementation of various schemes and reviewing the nutritional status of various States and Union Territories have failed to meet even once since the COVID-19 pandemic, while they are required to meet every quarter, despite global warnings of rising levels of hunger, malnutrition and child mortality.