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. [Reuters]
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