Interview with Jean Dreze, development economist.

Under-nutrition, as a

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the drive for ending malnutrition in the state should be converted into a mass movement with the cooperation of society. He said that the curse of malnutrition intrigues him the most. Chouhan was addressing a review meeting of Woman and Child Development Department here today. He said that development of women and children tops his priorities.

Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 05, 2010, 0:29 IST

Climate change has begun to affect human health, leading to a rise in cases related to stomach ailments and vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. This has been indicated in a report in the recent bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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The Madhya April 2: The Madhya Pradesh government has a lot to answer about the malnutrition crisis, which acquired a serious dimension after it had been reported that 43 children had died of malnutrition between October and December 2009 in the Meghnagar block of Jhabua district in western Madhya Pradesh.

Bhopal: Union Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath has held the state government responsible for the deaths of 43 children in Jhabua late last year.

Ms. Tirath was on a visit to the tribal dominated district to review the aftermath of the alleged malnutrition deaths of 43 children in just two villages of the district.

New Delhi: Planning Commission has asked the ministry for women and child development (WCD) to consider a paradigm policy shift and focus on children between 0-2 years of age as against the current practice of addressing the nutritional concerns of children from 6 months to 5 years through ICDS programme.