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Malnutrition among women, children continues to paralyse healthcare

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NEW DELHI : Even as India struggles against the spread of covid-19, the country’s structural fault lines in health continue to be a cause of concern.

Despite the government’s efforts to fight malnutrition among women and children, 68% of under-five-year deaths in India can be attributed to child and maternal malnourishment, while 83% of neonatal deaths is due to low birth-weight and short gestation, a Lancet paper published on Tuesday revealed.

The study done by India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative, a collaboration of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), ministry of health and family welfare other Indian institutions, is the

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