India home to over one-third of world's malnourished children, six percent in Pakistan
The prevalence of underweight children in India is among the highest in the world, and is nearly double that of Sub Saharan Africa with dire consequences for mobility, mortality, productivity and economic growth.
Dec 19, 2017, 14:22 PM IST
PM Modi reviews steps taken to reduce under-nutrition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress and efforts being made to prevent and reduce under-nutrition and related problems in the country.
Nov 25, 2017, 12:56 PM IST
16,000 children under age of five die every day: UNICEF
Nearly 5.9 million children will die before their fifth birthday this year mainly of preventable causes, a UN report has warned, though the child mortality rate has fallen by more than 50 per cent since 1990.
Sep 13, 2015, 15:52 PM IST
