nutrition

An IAS officer reflects on the importance of local-level data, intersectoral solutions, and the role of communities, governments, and nonprofits in fighting malnutrition.

The Union Budget for 2022–23 provides an opportunity to increase public investment on children’s health, nutrition, education, and mental well-being.

Chhattisgarh needs to prioritise millet farming for its nutritional, health, and economic benefits to farmers, and positive environmental impacts.

Primary school closures during COVID-19 have put children at the risk of nutrition loss and impaired social and emotional learning.

For the first time in India’s recorded history, we have more overnourished than undernourished women in the 15-49-year age group.

In response to the food crisis created by the lockdown, here’s what anganwadis can do to ensure that children stay nourished in times of COVID-19 and beyond.

Chemical contamination of drinking water is a significant health concern in India, one we haven’t realised the magnitude of. Practitioners across sectors must come together to tackle this issue.

The report is the culmination of years of study by an expert committee, which examined how tribal communities in India suffer from inequity in healthcare, and how this gap can be bridged.

Though they are the backbone of India’s child development programme, there isn’t enough interest in understanding Anganwadi workers themselves—what drives them, their challenges, and what can be done to fully unleash their potential.

Scale has become a buzzword in both the business and social sectors; but it really depends on what your definition of the term is.