Health

Malnutrition among tribal children

Malnutrition is unacceptably higher among India’s tribal population than other communities. Among tribal children under five, 51.1 per cent are stunted, that is eight percentage points higher than among non-tribal children.

 
Published: Monday 26 November 2018

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