Recently, the Global Nutrition report 2020 was released. According to this report India is among 88 countries that are likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025. Not only this, this report identified India as a country with the highest rate of domestic inequalities in malnutrition. The pandemic COVID-19 has exposed the weakness of food and health systems. The Report stresses that there is a need to address malnutrition in all its forms an urgent need of the hour. The 2020 Global Nutrition Report looks beyond global and national patterns, revealing significant inequalities in nutrition outcomes within countries and populations. Based on the best-available data, the report identifies critical actions to achieve nutrition equity. Everyone deserves access to healthy, affordable food and quality nutrition care.
In this edition of our DNS we will look into what the report has to say about the global nutrition level.
SCRIPT AND VOICE : SHIBA
GRAPHICS: PANKAJ JAIN
EDITOR: SHAILESH KUMAR
