Nutrition specific program should be synced to hygiene and sanitation issues for solutions, said experts.
"Nutrition-specific programs tend to delink from hygiene and sanitation resulting in a self-defeating nutrition-oriented approach," said Barun Kanjilal, a professor at the Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Rajasthan.
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"If sanitation and hygiene are integrated with schemes like Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS), then the efforts and solutions could be accelerated," he said.
Kanjilal and other experts discussed nutrition-related matters at a recent state level consultation meet here organized by the university under the aegis of the Future Health Systems project in collaboration with Welthungerhilfe and UNICEF.
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He pointed out that since efforts to combat malnutrition "do not emphasize water and sanitation, the malady of open defecation - which is practiced by close to 50 percent of the Indian population - plays havoc with the nutritional status of the people."
In addition, the experts at the meet also called for a coalition in east India to highlight the issue of child under-nutrition in the region.
"There is a need to form a coalition for nutrition in eastern India for increasing visibility of the importance of the issue of child under-nutrition," said Meera Priyadarchi Marla of Nutrition Coalition.
At the policy level, experts felt there is a lack of convergence between the line departments dealing with nutrition, hygiene and sanitation.
Meenakshi Singh, nutrition specialist, UNICEF, said: "A deliberate and sustained advocacy is needed for enabling macro level policy convergence and close coordination between line departments to eradicate the scourge of child under-nutrition."
Source: Medindia
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Mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria, filaria, dengue, etc are common in places conducive of mosquito breeding. Swamps, ponds and stagnated drainage provide optimal breeding ground for mosquitoes.
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He pointed out that since efforts to combat malnutrition "do not emphasize water and sanitation, the malady of open defecation - which is practiced by close to 50 percent of the Indian population - plays havoc with the nutritional status of the people."
In addition, the experts at the meet also called for a coalition in east India to highlight the issue of child under-nutrition in the region.
"There is a need to form a coalition for nutrition in eastern India for increasing visibility of the importance of the issue of child under-nutrition," said Meera Priyadarchi Marla of Nutrition Coalition.
At the policy level, experts felt there is a lack of convergence between the line departments dealing with nutrition, hygiene and sanitation.
Meenakshi Singh, nutrition specialist, UNICEF, said: "A deliberate and sustained advocacy is needed for enabling macro level policy convergence and close coordination between line departments to eradicate the scourge of child under-nutrition."
Source: Medindia
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