WHO releases Global Nutrition Report, 2020

On May 13, 2020, the World Health Organization released Global Nutrition Report, 2020. Highlights According to the report, India is one among the 88 countries that are to miss global nutrition targets set for the year 2025. India also has highest rates of domestic inequalities, especially in malnutrition. Along with Nigeria and Indonesia, India was ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Anemia • COVID-19 • global nutrition report • Hunger • malnutrition • Poverty • Stunting • Wasting • World Health Organisation (WHO)

Global Report on Food Crises

The Global Report on Food Crises, the annual report from Global Network Against Food Crises, was released recently. Highlights of the Report At the end of 2019, 135 million people from 55 countries and territories were experiencing acute food insecurity. More than half these people live in Africa. 43 million live in the Middle East ..

Topics: Food security • Reports • Stunting

India ranks 77 on sustainability index and 131 on Flourishing Index

On February 20, 2020, WHO, Lancet and UNICEF together released a report titled “A Future for the World’s Children”. According to the report, a new Global index has been included in comparing performance of child nutrition, education and sustainability. According to the report, India ranked 131 in flourishing index and 77 on sustainability index. Highlights ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Children Health • CO2 emission • Dengue • Heatwaves • Malaria • malnutrition • Sea level increase • Stunting • The Lancet • UNICEF • WHO

UNICEF: The State of World’s Children Report

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund-UNICEF provides emergency and healthcare to children and mothers in countries that were devastated by world war II. The organization releases “The State of the World’s Children Report” annually. The report stated that despite of 40% drop in stunting of children in poor countries between 1990 and 2015, 149 million ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: malnourishment • malnutrition • State of the World’s Children Report • Stunting • UN • UNICEF • United Nations • Wasting

Analysis of the India s Food and Nutrition Security

The analysis of India s food and nutrition security prepared by the UN World Food Programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation makes the following observations: Child stunting which is a measure of chronic malnutrition has reduced at a rate of about 1% per year in India over the last decade. ..

Topics: Food security • malnutrition • Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation • Nutrition Security • Scheduled Castes • Scheduled Tribes • Stunting • Sustainable Development Goals • UN World Food Programme