India to eradicate malnutrition by 2015

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-26 09:13

Seven-month-old Rohini who is suffering from malnutrition drinks milk inside a hut in Mumbai July 25, 2007. Rohini and her twin brother Rohit who come from a tribal family have been declared malnourished by a team of the city's civic administration doctors, local media reported. India, home to millions of underfed children despite its flourishing economy, will have eradicated malnutrition by 2015, the country's health minister said. A government survey released this year however found that 46 percent of children under the age of three years were undernourished.

Seven-month-old Rohini who is suffering from malnutrition drinks milk inside a hut in Mumbai July 25, 2007. Rohini and her twin brother Rohit who come from a tribal family have been declared malnourished by a team of the city's civic administration doctors, local media reported. India, home to millions of underfed children despite its flourishing economy, will have eradicated malnutrition by 2015, the country's health minister said. A government survey released this year however found that 46 percent of children under the age of three years were undernourished. [Reuters]


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