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Acute malnutrition: Community management holds the key
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The lockdowns last year had hit mid-day meal schemes in schools across the country - The Hindu
The lockdowns last year had hit mid-day meal schemes in schools across the country - The Hindu×
Maharashtra shows the way for reducing severe acute malnutrition in children
Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of death and diseases in children under-5 years of age, globally. It adversely affects cognitive development and learning capacities among children, thereby resulting in decreased productivity in the booming years.
According to a study by Lancet, 68 per cent of the under-5 deaths in India can be attributed to malnutrition. Besides, India is home to nearly half of the world’s “wasted or acute malnourished” (low weight for height ratio) children in the world. Wasting is a critical health condition where a child is nine times more likely to die as compared to a healthy child.
Anger against Centre stopping people from getting vaccinated in Punjab: CM Amarinder Singh
Anger against Centre stopping people from getting vaccinated in Punjab: CM Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has claimed that the public’s anger with the Union government on the issue of farm laws has stopped them from getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
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Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. (Photo: AFP)
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh cited the public’s anger with the Union government as the reason for fewer people stepping forward to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in the state. People in Punjab are still not coming out in large numbers for vaccination due to the massive anger prevailing against the Government of India on the issue of farm laws. This anger is impacting the vaccination drive,” Captain Amarinder Singh said on Saturday during a video conference convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the Covid-
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Updated Apr 10, 2021, 1:22 pm IST
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has urged the Centre to share the schedule for supply of vaccines with the States
Captain Amarinder Singh
Chandigarh: With Punjab left with only 5 days of supply (5.7 lakh Covid vaccine doses) at the current levels of vaccinating 85000-90000 persons a day, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has urged the Centre to share the schedule for supply of vaccines with the States over the next quarter based on their confirmed supply orders.
Hoping that the Centre would send fresh batches of vaccine supply soon, the Chief Minister said if the state is able to meet its target of 2 lakh vaccines a day, then its current supplies will last only 3 days. He said he had written to the Prime Minister & the Union Health Minister to give confirmed supply schedules.
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