Child Malnutrition

Malnutrition is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India. - by Unicef

Despite our country's recent economic boom, malnourishment continues to cast a shadow over millions of childhoods leaving almost 50% of our country's children vulnerable to the long-term effects of malnourishment such as chronic hunger, illness and poverty. Consider this: lack of nutrition in the first two years of a child's life can cause irreversible, permanent damage to a child's growth and development. Furthermore, malnourished mothers transfer their ill health to their unborn babies thus setting off a cycle of malnourishment.

Despite our country's recent economic boom, malnourishment continues to cast a shadow over millions of childhoods leaving almost 50% of our country's children vulnerable to the long-term effects of malnourishment such as chronic hunger, illness and poverty. Consider this: lack of nutrition in the first two years of a child's life can cause irreversible, permanent damage to a child's growth and development. Furthermore, malnourished mothers transfer their ill health to their unborn babies thus setting off a cycle of malnourishment.

THE CHILD HEALTH FOUNDATION (TCHF) is committed to provide all the helps to those malnutrition and underprivileged children. It is the birth right of every child to live and stay healthy and get all possible care whatsoever from the government without any cost.

Malnutrition in children is not affected by food intake alone; it is also influenced by access to health services, quality of care for the child and pregnant mother as well as good hygiene practices. Girls are more at risk of malnutrition than boys because of their lower social status.

TCHF understand the condition of the health care system in india and we are committed to provide all the important instrument and quality in health care services in india.