Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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The Global Child Nutrition Foundation shares key insights into the impact of school meal programs, and how...
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Asia, India
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Friday, November 6, 2020
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My first job in the public sector was for a cash transfer programme called Ellas Hacen (They Do) in...
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America, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Asia, India
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
India’s progress on scaling up health and nutrition services was remarkable in the pre-pandemic period. The gains made in these past years are important to preserve. Rasmi Avula, Supreet Kaur and Purnima Menon discuss the importance of existing state...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Initiatives such as comprehensive training and engaging with and mobilising communities have helped boost the performance of anganwadi centres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, we found, as part of a project to document innovations in maternal and child...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
BLOG: On a recent visit to India, I noticed a few kids frolicking on the streets of New Delhi. Kumari (name changed), who was playing with her younger brothers, looked like any other six-year-old—except she was 11. A stunted child, not tall enough for...
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Africa, Senegal, America, Peru, Asia, India, Pakistan
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Thursday, December 5, 2019
Four in five expecting mothers in India did not receive any assistance under the government’s maternity benefits scheme in 2018-19, Indiaspend reported citing the Ministry of Women & Child Development.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
OPINION: India’s abysmal nutritional outcomes become newsworthy for about two days every year, coinciding with the release of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report. Little attention is paid to two important caveats: one, the GHI ranking is rarely...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
BLOG: Despite impressive economic progress, nearly 20% Indian children under five are wasted, 38% stunted and 35% underweight. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme was launched in 1975 as the first pan-India programmatic response...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
There has been an impressive expansion in school enrolment in India since the early 2000s. Despite this, India is in the midst of a “learning crisis”, with improvements in learning lagging behind increases in enrolment. Worldwide, India also has one of...
Friday, January 4, 2019
Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a maternity benefit scheme implemented by Department of Social Welfare, Nagaland. It is a conditional cash transfer (DBT) scheme of Rs. 5000 for pregnant women and lactating mothers of 19 years of age and...