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One of every five Indian kids acutely malnourished: Krishna Tirath
Friday April 26, 2013 06:19:35 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Nearly 20
percent of children in the country suffer from acute malnutrition,
Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath informed the
Lok sabha Friday.
The minister was citing statistics from the National Family Health
Survey-3, 2005-06 which showed that the percentage of acutely
malnourished children under five years is 19.8 percent.
The problem of malnutrition is complex, multi-dimensional and
inter-generational in nature, and cannot be improved by a single
sector alone, she said.
Tirath said: "The approach to deal with the nutrition challenges
has been two pronged. First is the multi-sectoral approach for
accelerated action on the determinants of malnutrition in
targeting nutrition in schemes or programmes of all the sectors.
"The second approach is the direct and specific interventions
targeted towards the vulnerable groups such as children below six
years, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating mothers."
Government has given top priority to addressing the huge problem
of malnutrition. The Prime Minister's National Council on India's
Nutrition Challenges was constituted in 2008 for policy direction,
review and effective coordination between ministries for tackling
malnutrition.
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