CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -9.2 lakh SAM children The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines severe acute malnutrition’ (SAM) by very low weight-for-height or a mid-upper arm circumference less than 115 mm, or by the presence of nutritional oedema.

Detailed explanation-2: -India is ranked at the bottom of the Global Hunger Index (2022), which is determined by factors such as child stunting, wasting, and death placing India in 107th rank of 121 Countries. The most important tool for tackling the problem of child malnutrition in India is the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).

Detailed explanation-3: -India is the home to almost one-third of all the world’s stunted children and half the world’s wasted children. As per the NFHS-5, wealth quintile analysis gives us a further grim picture – half of all children from families in the lowest income quintile are still stunted or underweight.