pratiyogita kiran monthly magazine

 pratiyogita kiran monthly magazine

pratiyogita kiran monthly magazine  Published this article  According to World Health Organization (2015) under-nutrition or malnutrition is the major cause of death in 45 per cent of all deaths among children below 5 years during 1990- 2015 the proportion of underweight children in developing countries declined from 28 per cent to 16 per cent in 2015. The MDG target for this indicator was met in North and South Americas European region and Western Pacific region but not in Eastern Mediterranean region SouthEast Asian region and African region. In India about 47 per cent children are underweight. Similarly during 1990- 2013 the number of stunted children declined globally from 257 million to 161 million a decrease of 37 per cent. We could not however achieve this target. In 2018 as per FAO report about 82.2 crore people suffered from chronic mal-nutrition and 200 crore people had food insecurity in the world. Severe acute malnutrition increases with chronic poverty lack of education of mothers inadequate and low nutrient diet and lack of clean water and sanitation. Hence India ranked 102 among 117 countries in Global Hunger Index 2019 and then India scored 30.3 and was in serious hunger category-only 4 countries were in alarming hunger category (35-49.9) then and only one country Central African Republic was in extremely alarming category (score of 50 or more). In Global Hunger Index 2020 India ranked 94 out of 107 countries with a score of 27.2 (in serious hunger category- score range of 30- 34.9) as per this report 14% of Indian population is under nourished. Second 17.3% of children under 5 are wasted in India. Third 34.7% of Indian children are stunted. However during 2000-2020 GHI score has declined from 38.9 to 27.2 for India-a decrease of 11.7 percentage points. Unfortunately by 2015 most of the developing countries including India could not achieve rest of the MDGs. Hence United Nations declared 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets-it is also called Transforming Our World 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sustainable development has been defined by Brundtland Commission in its report entitled Our Common Future (1987) to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Six years have passed since the beginning of SDGs in 2015 but most of the countries are not on the track and by 2030 only a few countries would be able to achieve SDG targets. pratiyogita kiran monthly magazine

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