India's shame: Hungry, dying children

[grey boy 2]

India's shame: Hungry, dying childrenSaturday March 20, 2010, Jhabua District, Bhopal



In two extremes of India's supply chain, while surplus grain worth crores of rupees is ******* away in Punjab, malnutrition leads to the death of 83 children every day in Madhya Pradesh. This is happening for the last four years. (Read and Watch: Farmers plight as surplus grain rots)

For months Kommudi's family has only eaten corn powder boiled with water twice a day. Both her children are entitled to get lunch at the village anganwadi but Kommudi is too weak to take them there.

Rewibai, Kommudi's Mother-in-law: "No one has come to see us. We have no money for their treatment."

Satna, Khandwa, Dhar, Shivpuri, Sheopur, Sidhi, Rewa, Khargone, Jhabua, this is emerging as the most improverished belt of India, tribal Madhya Pradesh.

Here malnourishment-related deaths among children have become like an epidemic.

Agreeing with a state-wide survey the Health Department says as many 60% of Madhya Pradesh's children are malnourished.

Madhya Pradesh
2009 findings: 60% of children malnourished

Diseases caused by malnutrition has killed over 1.2 lakh children in the last four years which means 83 children died everyday.

Madhya Pradesh
2005-2009

1,22,420 malnutrition-related deaths
83 deaths a day

The situation in Jhabua where Kommudi lives is the worst. In recent months 43 children have died in malnutrition-related ailments.

Jhabua
Nov 2009 to Jan 2010: 43 Children Died

A survey in the district shows 7% infants in Jhabua die before their first birthday.

Jhabua
2008 survey: 70 of 1,000 infants die before they turn 1

"Malnutrition actually creates an environment for various kind of diseases and in that particular context it is the very fundamental thing that Women and Child Development and the Health Department have to come together and create a programme to handle this problem of malnutrition in the state," says Sachin Jain, Adviser to the Supreme Court Commissioners On Right To Food.

Ranjana Baghel, Minister, Women and Child Development says she refuses to make any commitments in this regard.

So, who then is accountable for these deaths? Until and unless the two crucial departments bridge their differences the fight against malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh will never be won.

 

[grey boy 2]

India's shame: Hungry, dying children
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010
Agreeing with a state-wide survey the Health Department says as many 60% of Madhya Pradesh's children are malnourished.

 

[skyisthelimit]

oh come on grey boy....arent u tired of posting such things again and again....our country is progressing slowly now...it will take sometime....

we know you guys r very worried about such things, even china was like this in past.....now they are not....same way give us poor indians sometime and we will also be like you...

instead please try to post something meaningful and on which we all can talk....

thanks again for your concern.

regards;

 

[gogbot]

India's shame: Hungry, dying children
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010
Agreeing with a state-wide survey the Health Department says as many 60% of Madhya Pradesh's children are malnourished.

What the hell is that suppose to mean

you are happy India has starving kids

and long live India and China

what the hell is wrong with you.

 

[Mauryan]

^^^^

Dont feed trolls.......

this was another 101 thread on same topic which I just searched.LEt him get his 50 cents for this.

 

[grey boy 2]

India's shame: 5,000 child deaths a day

For millions of children in India, childhood is an elusive dream, as a UN report has revealed that 5,000 children below five die every day.

It may be a shocking statistic but the United Nation's Status of the World's Children 2009 says, it isn't a losing battle just yet; it just needs a little push and a lot of political will.

"We must save childhood. It is the best," said V Prabhakaran, a former child labourer.

Here's India's shabby report card:


Around 5,000 children below 5 die every day in India, the highest among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
13 million children below 14 are engaged in hard labour
45,000 children go missing ever year. Most of them are sold
Over half (47 per cent) girls marry before they turn 18
Apart from widespread hunger and deaths caused by preventable diseases like diarrhoea, child labour and child marriages are taking their toll. Many children drop out of school by the time they reach the secondary level.

"The only way we can make a difference is through the community. We have to use the anganwadi workers. the ASHAs and now the USHAs in Bihar to reach out to people. If you can get food, healthcare services and education to people then we can expect a behavioural change," said Karen Hulshof, UNICEF representative in India.

The government has massive programmes like the ICDS and NRHM, but there continues to be a big gap. Children belonging to extremely poor communities who need it the most fail to get any of the services.

 

[UFC101]

this is very disturbing to read about india.

 

[Evil Flare]

Madha Pradesh ..I guess their CM is that ***** who wasted money on here statues ...

 

[grey boy 2]

Want a Safer World? Stop Children from Being Abused and Neglected ? Crime in America.Net

Everyone seems to have an endless array of beliefs regarding what causes crime to go up or down and most involve “others” doing or not doing something. What bothers us is our collective unwillingness to take an individual stand against child abuse.

This involves “us” getting personally involved in situations that most want to avoid. We see examples throughout our lives where children are mistreated; they do not have discipline or they are not encouraged to excel in school or there is little interaction with parents to outright abuse and neglect. From substance abuse to violence in media to music that flat-out promotes neglect, we turn a collective blind eye.

Child abuse and neglect is everyone’s daily responsibility. If we have the courage to deal with it head-on and insist that parents do the right thing, we will have a safer-better society.

 

[Cityboy]

Guyz.there is redemption 2day at cpc. . Be quick otherwise u hv to wait till next redemption.