The lancet Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition, a comprehensive set of papers published the lancet that includes new estimates, analysis and recommendations on global nutrition was launched recently.
Attending the launching event Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh examined the issue in the context of India specifically in order to accelerate response to address pervasive under-nutrition among Indian women and children, which threatens to limit the health and future of India’s people and hinder India’s socio-economic growth.
Attending the event many experts like Public Health Foundation of India president Dr K Srinath Reddy, Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and lead author of the lancet Series Dr. Robert Black, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Purnima Menon, President of the Micronutrient Initiative Venkatesh Mannar urged the Union Government to prioritise maternal and child nutrition to sustain socioeconomic growth.