Frontline workers (FLWs) deliver essential nutrition services to reduce maternal undernutrition in India, but coverage and quality remain sub-optimal.
Interventions to improve maternal nutrition are poorly integrated into antenatal care (ANC) services in India.
Global attention to reducing childhood stunting has increased the demand for guidance on translating policies into impact.
Administrative Data (AD) are a key component of nutrition data systems, but little is known about how AD are used or can be reshaped for accountability and action.
Implementation research can support iterative program improvement, yet limited examples of such dynamic experiences exist.
The WHO recommends Essential Nutrition Actions (ENAs) throughout the life course to tackle malnutrition in all its forms.
Most nutrition interventions can be delivered through health systems. However, the progress to scale up effective nutrition interventions and achieve universal health coverage has not been uniform.
Poor diets are a major challenge in India. Barriers to improving diets include limited knowledge, access to resources and availability of affordable nutritious foods.
Growth monitoring (GM) and promotion is a routine part of primary healthcare for children in >80% of countries.
Men have largely been ignored in anemia-focused research and policies. We sought to examine trends, geographic variability, and predictors of anemia in Indian men between 2005 and 2016.
South Asia carries the largest burden of malnutrition globally. Tracking coverage of nutrition interventions is a critical step in designing effective nutrition policies and monitoring progress in the region.
South Asian countries carry the largest burden of undernutrition globally. The World Health Organization has recommended a set of Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) to tackle all forms of malnutrition.
Anemia is globally recognized as an important public health problem in women and children, thus the consequences of anemia have predominantly been described in these two groups.
In South Asia, many women are married before their 18th birthday and give birth soon after.
India is home to millions of undernourished children; however, little is known about the extent of undernutrition and its multiple determinants at the district level.