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Melghat: a synonym for malnutrition [1]

Meena Menon
Her name is also Kalavati. It is very unlikely though she will have any famous visitor in her humble hut at Mansudhavadi village of Dharni taluk in Amravati district. In March this year, when Kalavati Javarkar gave birth to her second child, a daughter, her one-year-old son Shubham was in grade three of malnutrition, rather severe. He weighed 6.6 kg instead of the ideal 10 kg.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2009
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Malnutrition [3], Child Health [4], Maharashtra [5], Amravati (D) [6]
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