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Item The right and healthy way to start a life(MINT, 2018-09-13) Marwaha, PujaA holistic drive is needed to overcome the socio-cultural barriers and systemic hurdles to improve the health and nutrition outcomes of our children and women It is a country that fares rather poorly on many nutrition indicators. There are 19.8 million children in India, under the age of 6, who are undernourished. It is a well-known fact that the foundation of a healthy life is laid in the first six years.Item NFHS-5 paints an anaemic picture of child health and nutrition(Down To Earth, 2021-12-02) Marwaha, PujaIt is indeed heartening to see improvements in some child health and nutrition indicators in India, as revealed by the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). But a closer look at the trends suggests it’s a long way to go in meeting Poshan Abhiyan targets and the United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) within the 2022 and 2030 deadlines respectively.Item National Girl Child Day 2020(Child Rights and You (CRY), 2020-01-24) Moitra, Sohaगाँव मे फ्रॉक मे खेलती बच्चियाँ भी थीं, निक्कर और शर्ट मे खेलते बच्चे भी और उन्हें संभालती साड़ी वाली महिलाएं भी. लेकिन गायब थीं तो सिर्फ ‘सलवार कमीज़’ वाली किशोरियाँ. संस्था चाइल्ड राइट्स एंड यू (CRY) की क्षेत्रीय निदेशक सोहा मोइत्रा बता रही हैं ये चिंताजनक कहानी...Item Break the stranglehold of starvation, free the children(Child Rights and You (CRY), 2018-12-10) Moitra, SohaThe death of three sisters due to starvation shook Delhi last month. Mansi, 8, Paro, 5, and Sukho, 2, were found unconscious in a pool of vomit. They were brought dead to hospital and the post mortem revealed that they died of starvation. It is appalling that the capital city has been struggling to tackle malnutrition among children despite the many endeavours by the government. According to NFHS 4 (National Family Health Survey), over 62 per cent children are anaemic in urban Delhi and that speaks volumes about the state of affairs regarding child health.Item Battling periods and access to menstrual hygiene in times of COVID-19(Child Rights and You (CRY), 2020-07-14) Marwaha, PujaWith more than 40 percent of Indian women & adolescent girls in the age group of 15-24 years not familiar with safe and hygienic methods of menstrual practices, there should be more focussed dialogue on the subject, especially on the lack of access to menstrual hygiene products during the lockdown.Item Was 2019 an 'Annus horribilis' for India's children?(Child Rights and You (CRY), 2021-12-31) Marwaha, PujaThere was India’s Greta Thunberg, 11-year-old climate change activist Ridhima Pandey, who was among the 16 children including Greta to file a complaint at the United Nations Climate Action Summit against the lack of government action to save the environment.Item Steps civil society can take to protect vulnerable children amidst Covid-19(Child Rights and You (CRY), 2020-08-31) Marwaha, PujaFor the past five months, our screens have been flooded with distressing imagery of one catastrophe after another: From the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable communities, to cyclones in West Bengal, Odisha, and Maharashtra. From locust attacks in the central and northwestern plains, to the floods in Assam and Bihar. All of these have had disastrous effects on the Indian economy—millions in the country lost their jobs or were forced to take pay cuts, economic activity in rural India came to a halt, and migrants were forced to walk hundreds of kilometres back home.Item Breastfeeding in times of COVID-19: Will new-born’s miss out on vital nutrition(Child Rights and You (CRY), 2020-08-05) Marwaha, PujaThe road to motherhood amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was arduous for Soni Devi, 22, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra. She became a mother for the first time on April 30, 2020. There was no ambulance service to take Soni to the healthcare centre when she went into labour amid the countrywide lockdown. After a couple of hours, as her family was preparing for the possibility of a home delivery, a grass roots level local non-profit partner of Child Rights and You (CRY) — Sonbhadra Vikas Samiti (SVS) — intervened. A few frantic phone calls later, a transport arrived.Item Can India be ‘atmanirbhar’ by cutting budget for children(Child Rights and You (CRY), 2021-02-12) Mahara, PritiThe novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has dealt a serious blow to the Indian economy. The economic slowdown has aggravated poverty, disrupted public provisioning for children’s welfare, exacerbated existing gaps in availability, access and utilisation of services. It has multiplied challenges for children from marginalised communities.Item Encephalitis deaths in Bihar(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2019-06-21) Chakrabarti, Trina150 children have died due to acute Encephalitis syndrome (AES) in the past fortnight and several more are feared infected, even as the state government comes under increased scrutiny for its apparent failure to tackle the outbreak despite its best efforts.Item 45% Of Child Mortality Can Be Attributed To Malnutrition, And It's An Emergency(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-04-11) Rabadi, KreeanneNearly 45% of child deaths can be attributed to various forms of malnutrition; in India about 50% of deaths in children under 5 are related to malnutrition.Item Not a Prem Katha everywhere(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-11-24) MOITRA, SOHAIn India, half of its citizens – over 600 million – do not have toilets. What implications this seemingly simple problem might have on the most vulnerable section of our population – the children?Item Capital shame(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2018-08-11) MOITRA, SOHAFrom funds to infrastructure to employees, there are slip-ups at every level. Delhi heard the horrific news of the deaths of three children from starvation. Appallingly, the capital city has been struggling to tackle malnutrition among children, despite the endeavours of the government.Item Vaccination for all children is still a long way to go in India(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2018-11-10) Mahara, PritiRecent data indicates that over 60 percent of India’s children are immunised. But ground realities about vaccination speak differentlyItem Child malnutrition on rise but funding falters(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-02-01) Ganotra, KomalAlmost 40 per cent of India's population is minor but the budget allocated to them is a meagre four per cent of the Union budgetItem Solutions not suggestions should be on our agenda this World Health Day.(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2016) Rabadi, KreeanneNeed to focus on eradicating malnutrition in order to create a healthy and prosperous India.