Malnourished Infants

By Sreedevi RS/ IndiaSpend.org Maruthi and her husband Vellangiri are still mourning for their infant son who lived only four-and-a-half-hours after birth in 2014. Maruthi, who continued working as a daily wage labourer into her third trimester, had grown steadily weak during pregnancy. There wasn’t enough food at home, the drinking water was con...

Five in six children under two years old in developing countries are not getting enough of the right kinds of food, putting them at risk of irreversible mental and physical damage, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said. Half of children aged between six and 23 months are not being fed frequently enough, UNICEF said. And a widespread lack of solid ...

The Tamil Nadu government blames last week's death of 11 infants in Dharmapuri district hospital on malnourished mothers, underweight newborns and late referrals. But a reality check by NDTV found out that most mothers from this backward district do not get the Rs 12,000 maternity benefit on time.

The spectre of crib deaths returned to haunt West Bengal with 11 infants losing their lives at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the past three days.

Behind the scenic beauty of Attapady, a tribal village in Kerala's Palakkad district, hides a terrible reality: rampant malnourishment among its children.

Four days after she was brought to a hospital in Jaipur in critical condition, Baby Damini is showing signs of recovery. Doctors say the malnourished infant has put on 200 gms -she weighed a paltry 1.4 kilos when she was admitted and diagnosed with septicemia and other infections.

For the month-old infant Damini, whose father, rickshaw puller Babloo, was forced to earn his daily wage even as he kept her strapped to his chest, it is a struggle between life and death. At just 1.4 kilos, she is severely malnourished and is also suffering from a blood infection. Doctors say she will probably need transfusion.

Children whose malnourished mothers took vitamin A during pregnancy have stronger lungs throughout childhood.

By Sreedevi RS/ IndiaSpend.org Maruthi and her husband Vellangiri are still mourning for their infant son who lived only four-and-a-half-hours after birth in 2014. Maruthi, who continued working as a daily wage labourer into her third trimester, had grown steadily weak during pregnancy. There wasn’t enough food at home, the drinking water was con...

Five in six children under two years old in developing countries are not getting enough of the right kinds of food, putting them at risk of irreversible mental and physical damage, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said. Half of children aged between six and 23 months are not being fed frequently enough, UNICEF said. And a widespread lack of solid ...

The Tamil Nadu government blames last week's death of 11 infants in Dharmapuri district hospital on malnourished mothers, underweight newborns and late referrals. But a reality check by NDTV found out that most mothers from this backward district do not get the Rs 12,000 maternity benefit on time.

The spectre of crib deaths returned to haunt West Bengal with 11 infants losing their lives at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the past three days.

Behind the scenic beauty of Attapady, a tribal village in Kerala's Palakkad district, hides a terrible reality: rampant malnourishment among its children.

Four days after she was brought to a hospital in Jaipur in critical condition, Baby Damini is showing signs of recovery. Doctors say the malnourished infant has put on 200 gms -she weighed a paltry 1.4 kilos when she was admitted and diagnosed with septicemia and other infections.

For the month-old infant Damini, whose father, rickshaw puller Babloo, was forced to earn his daily wage even as he kept her strapped to his chest, it is a struggle between life and death. At just 1.4 kilos, she is severely malnourished and is also suffering from a blood infection. Doctors say she will probably need transfusion.

Children whose malnourished mothers took vitamin A during pregnancy have stronger lungs throughout childhood.