Dr Sanjay K Rai, President, Indian Public Health Association Appreciates Outlook Poshan 2.0 Initiative
Pushing subsidised cereals like fortified rice through an elaborate public distribution system (PDS) ensures that a vast majority of Indians consume far more...
Safe water, sustainable sanitation and good hygiene practices are the keys to the scaling-up nutrition among the vulnerable population groups in India
While India's PDS, the world's biggest food security initiative, has helped avert famines, it has not been able to provide nutrition security, because for...
The new welfarism as part of the neoliberal reforms undertaken in early 1990s is yet to ensure that all citizens receive enough nutritious food
Behind the record sales of Parle-G during the pandemic is India’s murky reality—lack of safety net and food security
Smt. Pavneet Kaur, IAS, District Collector, Amravati, Maharashtra, shares her thoughts at the launch of new season of Poshan 2.0: Reach Each Child initiative...
Ravi Bhatnagar, Director - External Affairs and Partnerships, Reckitt, shares his thoughts on the occasion of World Health Day 2022 and launch of new season...
Bishow Parajuli, Representative and Country Director, United Nations World Food Programme, shares his thoughts on the occasion of World Health Day 2022 and...
Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, shares his thoughts on the occasion of World Health Day 2022 and launch of new season of Poshan 2.0: #ReachEachChild...
Dr. Swati Piramal, Vice-Chairperson, Piramal Group, and Director of Piramal Foundation, shares her thoughts on the occasion of World Health Day 2022 and launch...
Naina Lal Kidwai, Chair, India Sanitation Coalition, and Former President of FICCI, shares her thoughts on the occasion of World Health Day 2022 and launch of...
Strategic communication will enable people to make informed choices and improve nutrition outcomes, health indicators and their quality of life.
Enhancement of the quality of nutrition services and strengthening of the community’s role in delivering them is the call this World Health Day.
This World Health Day, India is reminded that it can accelerate its development journey by combating undernutrition in tribal children using a whole-system and...
According to the latest fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the anaemia in adolescent girls increased to 59.1% from 54.1% in NFHS-4, while...
The court was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations filed in 2007 highlighting the high numbers of deaths of children, pregnant women and lactating...
Data revealed by the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) once again throws light on the paradoxical growth story of India.
How does one determine multidimensional poverty? What are its lacunae? What is the politics behind various poverty indices?
CEO of Oxfam India Amitabh Behar said the nutritional loss could amplify into intergenerational effects. He added that the latest data showed that in several...
Seventh September 2021 marked the initiation of the Poshan Maah – a month of outreach and awareness activities under the Government of India’s flagship...
Science shows that malnutrition in early life, often manifested in form of stunting, is associated with adverse consequences in later life for morbidity and...
The nutrition drive has helped the state reduce the number of malnourished children by 32 per cent.
With the success of the green revolution, the focus now shifted to solving the problem of malnutrition.
Coronavirus diet: The Covid-19 patients with severe conditions are at a major risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia.