SAFE INDIA Nutrition Project

SAFE INDIA Nutrition Project

National Family Health Survey (NHFS) Report

19.8 million children below age 6 in India are undernourished (ICDS 2015)
Only 9.6% of children between 6-23 months in the country receive an adequate diet (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
38% (1 in 3 )of children between 0-5 years are stunted in the country (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
21% (1 in 5) of the children in the country suffer from wasting (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
36% of children under 5 years of age are underweight in India (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
58% of children between 6 months – 5 years were found to be anaemic in the country (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
Total Immunisation coverage in the country stood at 62% in 2015-16 (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
21% of the births in the country were home births (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
SAFE INDIA Action plan

At present Safe India took initiative in Chennai and Thiruvallur district to provide nourished food for malnutrition children and plan to expand this program to all over Tamilnadu

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