The Right to starve and Right to ill-health are guaranteed by the political leaders and their bureaucracy since Independence. International NGO Save the Children's Nutrition Barometer Report
gives some more shocks to which we are accustomed. In a study of 36 developing countries , India,
Congo and Yemen form the unholy trinity at the bottom of the assessment with 90% of the world's stunted children . Child nutrition status has been declining in many states in the northern region.
75% of the children are anaemic and 53 out of 1,000 infants in India do not complete their first year .
More than 44% of our children SLEEP HUNGRY every night.
Care of Indian mothers and children ranks at the bottom of the global ladder. One-third of Indian women are under-nourished and 55% are anaemic. UK's National Health Service provides high quality medical service to all citizens. Public health is given high priority in all countries with strong democratic traditions. India spends less than 2% of its GDP on health. If the Planning Commission is given a free hand , it would welcome massive privatisation of health (or ill-health ) care in India. So Universal health insurance, Right to health and Right to have three meals a day will remain DREAMS for decades, if not centuries.
gives some more shocks to which we are accustomed. In a study of 36 developing countries , India,
Congo and Yemen form the unholy trinity at the bottom of the assessment with 90% of the world's stunted children . Child nutrition status has been declining in many states in the northern region.
75% of the children are anaemic and 53 out of 1,000 infants in India do not complete their first year .
More than 44% of our children SLEEP HUNGRY every night.
Care of Indian mothers and children ranks at the bottom of the global ladder. One-third of Indian women are under-nourished and 55% are anaemic. UK's National Health Service provides high quality medical service to all citizens. Public health is given high priority in all countries with strong democratic traditions. India spends less than 2% of its GDP on health. If the Planning Commission is given a free hand , it would welcome massive privatisation of health (or ill-health ) care in India. So Universal health insurance, Right to health and Right to have three meals a day will remain DREAMS for decades, if not centuries.
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