With the declaration of 2023 as the International Year of Millets, this year the focus of Poshan Pakhwada will be to popularise ‘Shree Anna’ -- the mother of all grains -- as a valuable asset to address malnutrition
By Outlook Planet Desk 21/03/2023
Three-fourths of districts are off target for crucial SDG indicators like access to basic services, poverty, stunting and wasting of children, anaemia, child marriage, partner violence, tobacco use, and modern contraceptive use
By PTI 27/02/2023
According to officials, efforts are being made to eradicate anaemia in the Hamirpur district of Himachal by screening girl students between the ages of 11 and 19 as part of the second phase of the 'Anaemia Mukt Abhiyan'
By PTI 16/02/2023
With a greater focus on its export of healthy millets, India is poised to make the world a healthier place
By Dr. M. Angamuthu 27/01/2023
After HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) is the second-most common cause of death. Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN calls for the eradication of the disease by 2030
By Dr. Deepak Gupta 19/01/2023
Both food and nutrition security are well recognised in the Indian legal system
By Ishanee Sharma 03/01/2023
Sustainable control of malaria can help improve nutritional status of endemic communities.
By Jyotirmoy Nandi 13/08/2022
Ushering in behaviour change to reduce undernutrition, hidden hunger and non-communicable diseases can help build back a healthier nation
By Swati Saxena 28/06/2022
In an open letter ahead of the upcoming G7 Summit, World Food Prize Laureates have written to G7 Heads to address the triple threat of Covid-19, climate change and conflict
By Rajiv Tikoo 14/05/2022
Safe water, sustainable sanitation and good hygiene practices are the keys to the scaling-up nutrition among the vulnerable population groups in India
By Neeraj Jain 26/04/2022