In the post-pandemic world, addressing inequality is key to sustaining growth and well-being
COVID-19 in the last one year has once again reminded us of the growing inequalities in India. A recent Pew Research Report shows that India’s middle class may have shrunk by a third due to the novel coronavirus pandemic while the number of poor people earning less than ₹150 per day more than doubled. The Pew report also warned that the situation may actually be worse than estimated because of worsening inequalities. International organisations like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the International Labour Organization have also warned about rising inequalities in several countries including India due to the pandemic.
The recent Government of India recommendation for monthly length/height measurements by anganwadi workers promises to be a disaster in its current form and might lead to a severe derailing of the existing system of data collection and management, leading to further chaos and misreporting on malnutrition.
The recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data from 22 states and union territories (UTs) of India has raised major concerns with the progress on the reduction of malnutrition in the country and has received extensive attention in the press and media. This has also served, once again, to highlight the important role that the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme plays in the health, nutrition, and well-being of women, children, and adolescents. The programme is widely held as an intervention that appears to be well-functioning and worthy of further investment, but at the same time it is a system that requires far greater coverage, quality, and impact t
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04/04/2021 12:08 GMT+7
The World Cancer Prevention Organization recommends that each person should not consume more than 70 grams of meat per day, but Vietnamese on average consume 134 grams of meat a day.
On average, Vietnamese consume 134 grams of meat per day, and 154 grams of meat per day for people in urban areas.
After 10 years implementing the National Strategy on Nutrition for the 2011-2020 period, Vietnam has reported remarkable achievements but there are still many problems that need to be overcome, including nutrition.
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Here’s our tribute to four Instagram stars who helped promote the cause
When Outlook Poshan 2.0 launched the #Reach Each Child Campaign, a group of Instagram influencers took it to heart. Not only did they become powerful force multipliers by spreading the word among their numerous followers, they also ensured that people they met offline were briefed about the campaign, aimed at ensuring that each one of us do our bit to prevent children dying of hunger and malnutrition. Here’s a salute to four influencers who did their bit to bring malnutrition back into our civil discourse.
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