Why Does Malnutrition Persist in India? The Problem Is Bigger Than Food
Despite decades of nutrition programmes, malnutrition remains a major challenge in India. Discover the structural, social, and policy factors driving the crisis.
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The First 1,000 Days: Why This Window Determines a Child’s Future
The first 1,000 days, from conception to age two, are the most critical period for a child’s physical, cognitive, and emotional development. Learn how nutrition, maternal health, breastfeeding, and early care influence lifelong outcomes, and explore India’s progress in reducing child malnutrition through national nutrition initiatives.
India’s NFHS-6: Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Show Steady Improvement Signalling Social Progress
The recently released National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6, 2023-24) by the Union Health Ministry details concrete gains across the country in significant public health and social indicators. Conducted by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, the survey of approximately 6.79 lakh households across 715 districts provides district-level estimations on population, health, nutrition, and…
Food Poisoning in Telangana: More Than a Health Scare
June 2026. In Rajanna Sircilla district, over 30 people more than half of them children were hospitalised after eating pani puri from a street vendor in KCR Nagar colony. The vendor was arrested. Weeks before that, in Sangareddy, between 23 and 45 students at a government primary school fell violently ill after being served leftover…
India’s children are getting better fed but some numbers still trouble us
The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, has released the fact sheets of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2023–24, for the sixth round of India’s largest and most widely used health and demographic survey. The findings come nearly five years after NFHS-5 (2019–21), at a time when reducing child malnutrition remains a key…
The Promise and the Gap: What Gavi’s New Funding Cycle Means for the World’s Children
A Child Named Natasha One afternoon at the Nakaseke General Hospital in Uganda, a mother named Nakanyike Annet was waiting to give her child Natasha, a scheduled vaccination. Everything felt smooth in the front, except for Natasha’s immunization depending on the availability of vaccines, unsurity of a cold chain break and a donor government meeting…
UNICEF’s New Warning on Child Malnutrition: A Global Alarm Which India Cannot Afford to Ignore
When UNICEF issued its latest alert on December 1, 2025, the message was not dramatic. It was disturbing. More than 23 million children under the age of five in fifteen countries now face acute malnutrition due to climate vulnerability. These are not projections. These are current numbers based on real-time nutritional and climate assessments carried…
Tamil Nadu Leads the Way in India’s Crackdown on Misleading “ORS” Labels
When the FSSAI’s order in October 2025 banned the use of “ORS” on any beverage or product that is not in accordance with the formula of WHO’s standard Oral Rehydration Solution, it marked a concrete step toward the check on misleading labeling. While all attention was focused on the Delhi High Court’s decision upholding the…
How a Hyderabad Doctor’s Battle Banned Fake ORS Labels
Back in 1971, amid the chaos of Bangladesh’s fight for independence, refugee camps overflowed with families fleeing violence. Cholera swept through like a storm, dehydrating and killing thousands of children in hours. That’s when Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis, a pediatrician from Kolkata, made history. Working in those muddy camps, he whipped up a basic mix of…