India - Mutisectoral nutrition action in Bihar

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India, currently, has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. One-third of its children are born with low birth-weight, 43 percent of children under five are underweight, 48 percent are stunted and 20 percent are wasted. Stunting rates in India are two to seven folds higher than those of other BRICS countries. Micronutrient deficiencies are extremely high with almost 75 percent of the under threes being anemic, 62 percent deficient in...

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Kathuria,Ashi Kohli;

Khanna,Rajni-000271573;
Document Date
2014/06/09
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
ACS9155
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2014/06/25
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
India - Mutisectoral nutrition action in Bihar
Keywords
access to food

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Kathuria,Ashi Kohli; Khanna,Rajni-000271573.

India - Mutisectoral nutrition action in Bihar (English). Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939681468268472276

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