Post-COVID-19 e-governance challenges: A case study of Anganwadi services

Door-to-door delivery of services, provision of smartphones to anganwadis centres to help monitor their work were among the initiatives

Anganwadi centres rush to verify children beneficiaries’ Aadhaar

Only 1/3rd of children have cards; Expert worries it may lead to millions losing access to food and nutrition

Fighting malnutrition, 4 meals a day: Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon shows the way

Anganwadi workers cook meals and personally deliver them to homes across 3 blocks of Rajnandgaon district 

Did the interim budget focus enough on nutrition?

Interim budget missed the opportunity to address problems like lack of quality Anganwadi meals, higher wages for workers, inadequate infrastructure

Anganwadi, ASHA work massively disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic: Survey

Workers reported increase in stress levels, study finds

Acute malnutrition worsened among children: NFHS-5

Stunting among children below five did not improve at all; child obesity increased across several states

‘Online nutrition tracker to promptly plug service gaps’

Down To Earth talks to the project lead of Nutrition Surveillance System

Fixing severe child malnutrition: Views from Amravati’s Dharni

Between May 2020 and May 2021, the infant mortality rate in Dharni block was 37.28%; maternal mortality rate was 3.25% 

Sting operation: How Odisha’s Malkangiri controlled malaria

One of India’s worst malaria-affected districts is on its way to win the fight against this scourge

AES in Bihar: Poor anganwadi centres failed to deliver

The state also has the second-highest number of cases of malnourished children (43.9 per cent) in India    

Health in news on April 17

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health

Anganwadi workers hit the streets in protest

Allege government failure in implementation of remuneration hike, other demands not met

Union Budget 2021-22 must protect allocation for children even after pandemic

Children have largely remained unscathed by the virus, but disruptions due to the pandemic and the resultant lockdown have affected aspects of a …

What is in the Union Budget 2021-22 for children? Not much

The budget continues to deprive pregnant women, lactating mothers and children from vital benefits of schemes and interventions 

COVID-19: Amid travel history concerns, Himachal has a plan in place

Many who returned from the Gulf hid their travel history, said officials. The state has launched a helpline for the purpose 

Women workers release manifesto demanding changes at workplace

Women from different sectors come together to demand change in the current workplace environment to ensure no discrimination against women

The others too

The MeToo campaign comes at a time when women are being courted for electoral gains. Is it good or bad?

Interim Budget 2019: ASHA, Anganwadi workers not enthused by Piyush Goyal’s ‘sop’

What we really want is a fixed salary, even if it means less than Rs 10,000 a month, they say

Hostile terrain, hesitancy, Maoists: Bastar has its own COVID-19 vaccination challenges

Door-to-door campaigns, mitanins (health volunteers) have helped ward off rumours 

Millets make a comeback in rural areas

Pilot projects in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha are aimed at initiation of millets in the dietary consumption pattern

Countdown to Budget 2023: Why investing in early childhood education should be a priority in the upcoming Budget

Just 0.1% of the GDP was spent in 2020-21 for early childhood education, thinktank analysis suggests 1.5%-2.5% of GDP expenditure

Maternal committees in Madhya Pradesh: Beginning of decentralised nutrition governance

The December 2, 2020 state order endows Sahyogini Matru Samitis with authority to monitor implementation of ICDS, fix accountability of service …

Can India be ‘atmanirbhar’ by cutting budget for children

While total allocations to Union budget 2021-22 saw an increase of 14.5%, the share for children declined by 10.8% compared to 2020

Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?

India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries