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Global hunger spiked during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic witnessed a spike in global hunger, according to a fresh report from the United Nations (UN). According to the organisation, “there was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020…much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report …

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Food safety: Need of the hour

Narendra Singh Tomar has issued a call for food safety on the occasion of World Food Safety Day. Tomar, the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Union Cabinet, highlighted that “the current global pandemic has drawn our attention to issues related to food security such as sanitation, antimicrobial resistance, climate …

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Cancer in India: A snapshot of the threat

India observes World Cancer Day 2021 in far from normal circumstances. The raging COVID-19 pandemic has threatened to obscure the plethora of other diseases India and the world at large grapples with. Awareness events such as World Cancer Day serve to shine a light on the far-reaching impact of cancer in India, which has emerged …

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Healthy food: Leading authorities issues call

Leading agencies have urged commitments to ensuring the availability of healthy food in public settings. The World Health Organization (WHO), Resolve to Save Lives, and Vital Strategies issued the call. A joint release asserted that “public settings, such as schools, childcare centres, nursing homes, hospitals and correctional facilities and all other canteens of public institutions, …

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Anaemia still a concern among India’s women and kids

The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data reasserts anaemia as a major concern in India – especially among its women and children. According to the fifth set of NFHS data, India’s prevalence of the disease is the highest in the world. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare posits a rate of 39.86 …

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Child malnutrition: Is India backsliding?

The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data indicates that child malnutrition remains a major social crisis in India, with the advances made in tackling child malnutrition over the course of recent years coming undone.  Results from NFHS-5 paint what Scroll.in aptly describes as “a disconcerting picture.” Multiple states, Scroll.in reports, have seen hard-won gains …

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Food waste: Driving our climate crisis

In the battle against climate change, we need to tackle a problem with far-reaching societal ramifications: food waste. Yet a nexus including what Devex characterises as “artificially low food prices that distort markets”, citing a World Bank report, is driving the problem.  Hunger is a growing crisis. Action Against Hunger tells us “around the world, …

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Union Budget: The main takeaways for health

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented India’s 2020 Union Budget over the weekend, her second. Whilst it has won praise from Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, some in the healthcare sector have expressed dissatisfaction.  How much did the Union Budget allocate the health sector? Among the main takeaways of the 2020 Union Budget for …

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Maharashtra government in the firing line from experts on health

The Maharashtra government is in the firing line for its performance on health indicator by experts, who claim that the outward appearance of progress belies the truth of the government’s performance.  “The last five years tell the story of lost opportunities as far as the health sector is concerned,” said Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (People’s Health …

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CNNS: Malnutrition’s continued burden in India

Malnutrition continues to be a significant public health and development burden in India, impacting the health of the nation’s children in manifold ways – as the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) reminds us.  Recent Union Health Ministry data, based on the findings of the CNNS which was conducted between 2014 and 2018, found high prevalences …

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