Page 3 - Malnutrition

Prohibitory orders in Palghar villages ahead of Pankaja Munde's visit

Orders have been issued as some local activists may disrupt her visit

600 kids die from malnutrition: So what? asks Maharashtra minister

Angry locals confronted the minister and demanded answers

28% kids found underweight at health camps in rural Palghar

Nearly 342 male and 345 female children upto the age of six were examined at the camps by doctors

Malnutrition deaths: MoTA fact-finding team visits Nagada

MoTA team's visit came two days after the visit of a five-member team of the Union Health Ministry to the hilltop village

Defects in immune system linked to malnutrition

Researchers speculate that targeting immune pathways could be a new approach to reduce the poor health and mortality caused by under- and over-nutrition