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25 Years of Scaling Up: Nutrition and health interventions in Odisha, India

ODISHA, A STATE of 42 million people in eastern India, is one of the poorest in the country. It has faced many development challenges over the years, including insurgent movements, large pockets of extreme deprivation among scheduled tribe communities, social disparities, and natural disasters, as w...

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Autores principales: Menon, Purnima, Kohli, Neha, van den Bold, Mara, Becker, Elisabeth, Nisbett, Nicholas, Haddad, Lawrence James, Avula, Rasmi
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
Materias:
maternal and child health
education
infants
health
nutrition policies
agricultural policies
agricultural research
social protection
water
stunting
agriculture
micronutrient deficiencies
malnutrition
nutrition
trace elements
infant feeding
developing countries
children
hygiene
social safety nets
resilience
obesity
wasting disease
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146164
Sumario:ODISHA, A STATE of 42 million people in eastern India, is one of the poorest in the country. It has faced many development challenges over the years, including insurgent movements, large pockets of extreme deprivation among scheduled tribe communities, social disparities, and natural disasters, as well as a relatively late fiscal turnaround (in 2004–2005) in comparison with other states. Yet Odisha has made significant progress in reducing child undernutrition—less than India as a whole, but more than many other richer states. How has it achieved this progress?

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