Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of about half of India’s childhood deaths, and if they are affected at an early age, there can be long-term consequences
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Poorest & uneducated mothers benefit least from healthcare services: Study
While the poorest households had the highest utilisation of ICDS services in 2006, their share became the second lowest in 2016.
Child health in India: 14 out of 20 states cut spending on key programmes
The child-care funding cuts come at a time when the central government reduced its allocations to the ministry of women and child development over two years to 2016-17.
Decentralised Approach to Tackling Nutrition
What is required is a holistic and comprehensive plan to nutrition.
Malnourished Systems: Why India’s Child Development Programme Is Getting Stunted
Why India’s Child Development Programme Is Getting Stunted?