New Delhi:
India and the United Kingdom would work together to build momentum at a global level to tackle the problem of malnutrition among children.
A statement issued today by the government said that with an aim to increase cooperation in the field, Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Krishna Tirath is representing India at the Global Nutrition Event being to be held in London tomorrow.
The event is being organised by British Prime Minister David Cameron to strengthen global efforts and to build political leadership and momentum to tackle malnutrition among children, a statement by the WCD ministry said.
The event is proposed to ask the international community to raise the level of political commitment to create new kinds of partnerships and develop new products and services that will enable in addressing this global scourge, it added.
A new global target to reduce the number of children with stunted growth, caused due to under-nutrition, by 40 per cent by 2025 has been agreed to by the World Health Assembly.
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement, to which 28 countries have already signed, is developing a framework for monitoring progress of efforts to reduce stunting.