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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
State of the World’s Children Report 2019 is a report released by which organisation?
A
ILO
B
UNICEF
C
WHO
D
UN
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“State of the World’s Children Report 2019”of UNICEF. As per UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children Report 2019, the Under 5 Mortality Rate in India is 37 per 1, 000 live births against Global average of 39 per 1, 000 live births in 2018, which translates to more than 8 lakhs under 5 deaths in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -UNICEF’s flagship report – the most comprehensive analysis of global trends affecting children. When The State of the World’s Children first went into print in 1980, 10 per cent of the children born that year died from preventable causes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The State of the World’s Children 2019: Children, food and nutrition provides the most comprehensive assessment yet of 21st century child malnutrition in all its forms: (1) undernutrition, (2) hidden hunger caused by a lack of essential nutrients, and (3) overweight among children under 5.

Detailed explanation-4: -The State of the World’s Children 2021.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2019, 47.0 million children under 5 were wasted of which 14.3 million were severely wasted. There is also an emerging face of malnutrition: childhood overweight and obesity. There are now 38.3 million overweight children globally, an increase of 8 million since 2000.

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