Consumption pattern, not economic shock behind 'poor' child health indicators
Consumption pattern, not economic shock behind 'poor' child health indicators By Neeraj Kumar, Arup Mitra. Dated: 12/31/2020 1:01:23 PM The findings of the latest round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) conducted in 2019-20 covering 22 States/UTs under Phase-I present a somewhat disappointing picture of children’s health in India. Majority of the experts, based on prima facie evidence, just highlighted the deteriorating sign of child health in terms of increase in proportion of stunted and underweight children in most of the phase-I states/UTs over last two rounds of NFHS (2015-16 ...
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