take disease survey of 5 families
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In December 2020, the government released the results of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 5 for 2019-20, covering 22 states and Union Territories (UTs). Contrary to expectations, NFHS5 found an increase in the percentage of stunted children in 13 states and UTs, compared to the results of NFHS4. This paper analyses such reversal of the three-decadal progress that India had previously made in reducing stunting in children. It analyses the determinants of such a regression and proposes measures that need urgent attention. The paper notes a percentage-point increase in the coverage of nutrition-sensitive interventions that address the underlying determinants of child undernutrition, including improvement in women’s status and the provision of maternal health services, as well as child health services. It argues for positioning the reduction of child undernutrition high in the national development agenda and addressing the immediate determinant of undernutrition by strengthening the complementary-feeding component of the national nutrition mission.
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Sheila C Vir and Shoba Suri, “The 5th National Family Health Survey of India: A Sub-National Analysis of Child Nutrition,” ORF Occasional Paper No. 315, May 2021, Observer Research Foundation.