This WASH Diary showcases a conversation with Rashami Rajput, an active SHG and Mohalla Samiti (neighbourhood community) member, bringing
to light the voices from the field on how effective community ...
This discussion paper covers three topics: hand hygiene, menstrual hygiene and food hygiene and considers how climate change affects vulnerable populations in households and, to a lesser extent, insti...
The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. It is a direct threat to a child’s ability to survive, grow and thrive. Children and young people are the least responsible for climate change yet will bea...
India shares the bulk of the burden of childhood stunting globally with an estimated 44 million stunted children, according to the Rapid Survey on Children [Ministry of Women and Child Development, 20...
Background: 4.9 million (42%) tribal children suffer from stunting, a sign of chronic nutrition deprivation. A budgetary strategy to supplement resources - Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), can be tapped for imp...
Globally, an estimated 50 million children aged under 5 years are wasted and 17 million severely wasted [UNICEF, WHO and World Bank, 2016]. India shares about one third of the world’s burden of child ...
The adequacy of women’s nutrition in preconception, pregnancy and post-pregnancy is central to their children’s survival and nutritional status. In India, 47 per cent of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19...
Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital (KSCH) is a premier institution for child health services under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW). It was started in 1956 and currently is a part of La...
Background: While administrative logjams and capacity gaps in delivering nutrition specific and sensitive interventions in India are known, fiscal constraints to deliver these interventions remain und...