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Putting the smallest first [1]

VISHAL, the son of a farm labourer in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, is almost four. He should weigh around 16kg (35lb). But scooping him up from the floor costs his nursery teacher, a frail woman in a faded sari, little effort. She slips Vishal

Publication Date: 
24/09/2010
Economist (London) [2]
Tags:
India [3], Malnutrition [4], Maharashtra [5], Children [6], Child Health [7], Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) [8]

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
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