[Reader-list] RTF (Right to Food) Articles - 16

[Jeebesh]

dear Rakesh,

I had earlier written on this in this list.

I sincerely think that if you are tracking a process or an issue over  
time blog is the best place. List buries texts.

It will be highly beneficial if we could know of a blog that regularly  
gives a compilation of the links, commentaries, reports, data about  
RTF we can recommend others to it and the sense of coverage will help  
people see the issue in it's evolution, contestation and multiple  
directions. You can keep posting consolidated updates to the list  
regularly of the blog.

Taha's information tracking postings if consolidated in one blog would  
be a substantial resource base. Now it is buried and is difficult to  
track. And also limited to only the list members.

You can set up an RSS feed on RTF and people can benefit a lot from it.

This i am saying after considering the way we use archives of lists  
and realizing that lists are great with threads (threaded discussions)  
and blog with material coverage.

warmly
jeebesh

On 17-Aug-09, at 4:58 PM, Rakesh Iyer wrote:

> Source: The Hindu
>
> Date: Wednesday, Aug 15, 2007
>
> Link: http://www.hinduonnet.com/2007/08/15/stories/ 
> 2007081561461000.htm
>
> Article:
>
> *Meeting calls for nutrition strategy *
>
> Staff Reporter
>
> * “It should focus on children aged below two, especially in  
> marginalised
> groups” *
>
> CHENNAI: Even 60 years after independence, health surveys indicate  
> that
> malnutrition in the country remains “critical.”
>
> According to the third National Family Health Survey, 46 per cent of
> children aged below three are undernourished, while 79 per cent in  
> this age
> group as well as 70 per cent of pregnant women are anaemic.
>
> To come up with new strategies to deal with the widespread problem of
> malnutrition, representatives of the Union Government, several State
> governments, the United Nations and non-governmental organisations  
> came
> together at a national conclave here on Tuesday.
>
> Among the recommendations made by the group are the formulation of a
> national strategy on nutrition that will focus on children under the  
> age of
> two, especially in the marginalised groups, greater emphasis on  
> nutrition
> education and awareness, more focus on the urban poor through  
> mapping of
> slum clusters and improved evaluation of the existing nutrition  
> programmes.
> Health awareness
>
> Social Welfare Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna said the Government  
> would
> focus on improving the health awareness of pregnant women in  
> particular, to
> significantly enhance the nutritional status of children under the  
> age of
> three. “The best time to educate a mother about the importance of  
> nutrition
> is when a woman is pregnant,” Dr. Poongothai said.
>
> “Studies suggest growth retardation of children starts during  
> pregnancy and
> nearly 30 per cent of the babies are born underweight. By the time  
> they are
> two years old, most life-time growth retardation has taken place,  
> and this
> is largely irreversible.”
>
> She highlighted the need for informing pregnant mothers that breast  
> feeding
> could protect babies from infectious diseases, while “simple” folic  
> acid
> tablets could ensure proper brain development.
>
> M.S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist and chairman, M.S.  
> Swaminathan
> Research Foundation, emphasised the need for “synergy” among public  
> policy,
> healthcare, education and sanitation to bring about a significant
> improvement in nutrition levels.
>
> “Nutrition is the first among a human being’s needs,” he said. “The  
> right to
> food is a fundamental right. Nutritional awareness and literacy are
> extremely important in this country.”
>
> Around 100 participants from 50 different groups participated in the
> three-day national discussion, which the foundation organised along  
> with the
> Indian Council of Medical Research, the Ministries of Health and  
> Family
> Welfare and Woman and Child Development and the United States Agency  
> for
> International Development.
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