Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In Maharashtra alone, for example, there were around 45,000 childhood deaths due to mild or severe malnutrition in 2009, according to the Times of India. [149] Another Times of India report in 2010 has stated that 50% of childhood deaths in India are attributable to malnutrition. [150]
Death by starvation was not the only reason for the rapid decline in population: deportation to Germany and Nazi shootings also played their part. Nevertheless, starvation was an important factor. [140] British historian Alex Kay estimates that about 10,000 city inhabitants died of starvation. [138] Soviet Union: 10,000: 1942–1943
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.An estimated 800,000–3.8 million people died, [A] in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor ...
Despite India's 50% increase in GDP since 2013, [1] more than one third of the world's malnourished children live in India. Among these, half of the children under three years old are underweight. One of the major causes for malnutrition in India is economic inequality. Due to the low economic status of some parts of the population, their diet ...
The Bihar drought of 1966–1967 was a drought in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] [2] The official death toll from starvation in the Bihar drought was 2353, roughly half of which occurred in the state of Bihar. [3] The wholesale price of food grains in Bihar had increased while there was a marginal increase in the prices in other ...
In addition to the yearly GHI, the Hunger Index for the States of India (ISHI) was published in 2008 [16] and the Sub-National Hunger Index for Ethiopia [17] was published in 2009. An interactive map allows users to visualize the data for different years and zoom into specific regions or countries.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Child nutrition in India is a serious problem for the public administration. [1] [2] However India is on course to meet select child nutrition targets such as the target for stunting. [3] In 2019, according to UNICEF report, malnutrition is the cause of 69% of deaths among children below 5 years in India. [4] [5]