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In the vibrant tapestry of India's landscape, where myriad cultures converge, a shared aspiration unites millions: the desire to make a difference. Amidst this diversity, one persistent challenge has lingered – malnutrition. Enter Poshan Pack, a grassroots movement under the banner of India Positive Citizen, rewriting the story of health, compassion, and social innovation.
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India had also taken several initiatives to promote the cultivation and consumption of millets
When you go for your weekly shopping please buy some extra veggies and gift them to someone who needs it but is unable to afford it.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday (Sept 1) said with public participation, "Rashtriya Poshan Maah" can be made a people's movement and launched the initiative. Following the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the country free from malnutrition, the Govt of Assam has been implementing a number of programmes to eradicate malnutrition and Anaemia in the state.
Marking the 75th Anniversary of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin of 75-rupee denomination, saying, "the commemorative coin launched today marks the respect of 130 crore Indians towards the pivotal role played by FAO to mitigate the effects of malnutrition".
UN said that it might be an ‘immense challenge’ to reach the target of zero hunger might be ‘because more than 820 million people worldwide are still hungry.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday vowed to bring down the malnutrition rate by at least 11 percent in the state by 2022. While presiding over a one-day state level workshop on Poshan Abhiyan (nutrition campaign), CM Jai Ram Thakur said that Himachal Pradesh was forging ahead on inclusive development, good governance, health and education sectors and there was a need for coordinated efforts to take the state on the new heights.
In a bid to talk on the challenge of malnutrition among the school children and to make better use of the vacant space on the premises of the government schools, the district administration has launched ‘Nutri-Garden’ program in 527 schools.
With an aim to eradicate malnutrition from the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday launched a new scheme named as ‘Poshan Abhiyan’. Under the new scheme, as many as 60 lakh beneficiaries would be covered across the state through a network of 53,000 Anganwadi centres.
Children should be taken good care of as they are the future pillars of strong India. It is necessary that children are given proper nutrition and care in order to sustain their good health. To reduce the incidence of malnutrition among children in Maharashtra, the state's women and child development department has set to develop 25,000 kitchen gardens and produce fruits and vegetables on a small scale for more than two lakh children in anganwadis across the state.
Indian scientists have the capability to solve the unsolved problems of this country like malnutrition and anaemia from which the country could not overcome says Science & Technology; Earth Sciences Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan while Prof. Ramalingaswami Fellows Conclave.
India is fighting against malnutrition since many years and to tackle this problem several initiatives are taken. Last year administration gave 12000 cr as a fund to deal with malnutrition, along with this there are many schemes launched For Children Born With Low Birth Weight.
Yemen has been severely hampered due to the dual attack including civil war and outbreak of cholera. Notably, the death toll in Yemen has surged to 2192 while suspected cholera cases have reached to 9,08,400 due to the massive outbreak of cholera since 27 April 2017.
Yemen is still suffering from the dual attack i.e civil war and another one from the outbreak of cholera. Notably, the death toll in Yemen surged to 2180 while suspected cholera cases have reached to 8,72,415 due to the massive outbreak of cholera in the time period of 6 months.
The cholera crisis in Yemen has drastically affected the citizens and at least 8,04,319 suspected cases are reported in less than 6 months. However, 2,152 innocents have lost their lives due to cholera including children and old ones. Notably, Yemen is continuously suffering from the dual attack i.e civil war and another one from the outbreak of cholera.
The death toll in Yemen surged to 2110 while suspected cholera cases have reached to 7,25,488 due to the massive outbreak of cholera in the time period of less than 5 months. At least 4,00,000 children who are under the age of five are severely suffering from malnourishment just because of a cholera outbreak and civil war.
To tackle malnutrition in Country, Centre Government has provided an additional Rs.12000 Crores over next three years by revising cost norms for supplementary nutrition provided in anganwadis and in the scheme for adolescent girls.
The first ever National Conference on Under-Nutrition in the country by Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry held on Tuesday in New Delhi. The main aim of this conference is to make India Malnutrition Free by 2022.
With the support of World Health Organisation (WHO), India have had launched its campaign on Measles and Rubella (MR) along with ten other WHO South-East Asia Region member countries on 5th February 2017.
The cholera crisis in Yemen is currently at the worst as at least 3,80,000 children who are under the age of five are severely suffering from malnourishment. Notably, Yemen is continuously suffering from the dual attack i.e civil war and another one from the outbreak of cholera.
