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Indian National Guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has come up with several schemes deciding the norms of child nutrition. These are:

• National Guidelines on Infants and Young Child Feeding (150 KB): these guidelines emphasize the importance of breast feeding. Breast feeding must commence immediately after birth and continue exclusively for six months before other forms of milk are introduced. Appropriate and adequate complementary feeding must commence there after and breast-feeding can continue for up to two years.
   
• National Nutrition Policy (8.2 MB): was adopted by the Government of India in 1993 under the aegis of the Department of Women and Child Development. It advocated a multi-sectoral strategy for eradicating malnutrition and achieving optimum nutrition for all. The policy advocates the monitoring the nutrition levels across the country and sensitising government machinery on the need for good nutrition and prevention of malnutrition. The National Nutrition Policy also includes the Food and Nutrition Board, which develops posters, audio jingles and video spots for disseminating correct facts about breastfeeding and complementary feeding.
   
• The Integrated Child Development Services Scheme: is one of the most comprehensive schemes on child development in the country and perhaps in the world. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been running the scheme since 1975 in pursuance of the National Policy for Children. It aims at providing services to pre-school children in an integrated manner so as to ensure proper growth and development of children in rural, tribal and slum areas. This centrally sponsored scheme also monitors nutrition of children.
   
• Udisha: in Sanskrit means the first rays of the new dawn. It is a nationwide training component of the World Bank assisted Women and Child Development Project. Udisha has been cleared with an outlay of about Rs. 600 crores for five years. UNICEF is also a technical collaborator in the Project. The programmes aims to train child care workers across the country. Its scope reaches as far are remote villages.
   
  • Training Programmes under Udisha
  • The Udisha Team
  • Udisha at the State level
     
• National Policy for Children lays down that the State shall provide adequate services towards children, both before and after birth and during the growing stages for their full physical, mental and social development.
   
• National Charter for Children emphasizes Government of India's commitment to children's rights to survival, health and nutrition, standard of living, play and leisure, early childhood care, education, protection of the girl child, empowering adolescents, equality, life and liberty, name and nationality, freedom of expression, freedom of association and peaceful assembly, the right to a family and the right to be protected from economic exploitation and all forms of abuse.
   
• National Plan of Action for Children includes goals, objectives, strategies and activities for improving the nutritional status of children, reducing Infant Mortality Rate, increasing enrolment ratio, reducing drop out rates, universalisation of primary education and increasing coverage for immunization.
   
• Other Schemes Include:
  • Balika Samriddhi Yojana (BSY)
  • Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY)
  • Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG)
  • Early Childhood Education for 3-6 Age Group Children Under the Programme of Universalization of Elementary Education
  • Scheme for welfare of Working Children in need of Care and Protection
  • An Integrated Programme for Street Children
  • Child line Services
  • Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA)
  • Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme For the Children of Working Mothers (76 KB)
  • Programme for Juvenile Justice
  • General Grant-in-Aid Scheme
  • Pilot Project to Combat the Trafficking of Women and Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Destination Areas
  • Mid-day Meal Scheme
  • National Crèche Fund

Severe Acute Malnutrition - Indian Pediatrics - Special Issue (August 2010)

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Food Security

A quarter of India's population lives below what has been termed a 'starvation line'. Why have foodgrain and calorieconsumption actually fallen in the last 15 years of structural adjustment? Why have foodgrain and calorie consumption actually fallen in the last 15 years of structural
 

• Introduction: Increasing food insecurity in South Asia
  By Jayati Ghosh
  South Asian nations have transformed from food-deficit countries in the 1960s and '70s to food-surplus countries in the 1980s and '90s. And yet, food insecurity and under-nutrition remain huge problems. How is this paradox to be explained?
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• All you who sleep hungry tonight
  By Harsh Mander
  Persistent food insecurity is not just related to economic barriers to access food, but also to social barriers. A silent daily tragedy plays out in many homes and streets in our country, where millions go to sleep hungry. Women are likely to eat less in many families, and dalits face discrimination even in schemes like mid-day meals and the PDS. The discourse on starvation must shift from people dying of starvation to the socially-marginalised groups that are living with it
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• Why Karmeena Musahar died
  By Anosh Malekar
  Five children have died of hunger-related causes in the Musahar community of eastern UP since May 2006. Entire families in this and other communities in the state are starving. In addition to extreme poverty, the Musahars' low status in the caste hierarchy keeps them out of government food and employment schemes. As India claims to join the league of globalised nations, it cannot ignore these everyday realities of millions of its citizens
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• The poverty line is a starvation line
  By Mohan uruswamy And Ronald Joseph Abraham
  The poverty line in India measures only the most basic calorie intake, recording not nutrition but only the satiation of hunger. At present the poverty line stands at Rs 368 and Rs 559 per person per month for rural and urban areas, just about enough to buy 650 grams of foodgrains every day. A nutritious diet itself would cost around Rs 573 per capita per month, let alone the cost of securing other basic needs. When such an inclusive measure of poverty is used, as many as 68-84% of Indians would qualify as poor
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• Consumed by calories
  By Alpana Sagar
  A realistic measure of poverty would recognise that mere intake of calories does not indicate nutritional status. It would move away from an emphasis on minimal energy requirements and consumption expenditures and recognise that the balance of nutrients in a diet, absorptive capacity of the body, quality of living environment, nature of a person's work, and gender, among other factors, determine the body's food and energy requirements. A poverty line that ignores such complexities is missing a large part of the picture of deprivation
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• 'All we want is to live'
  By Anosh Malekar
  Deaths related to malnutrition have been in the news in Melghat, Amravati district, Maharashtra, since the 1990s. Despite an interim order of the Bombay High Court and several welfare schemes, 670 infants died of malnutrition in Melghat between April 2005 and March 2006. What is going wrong?
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• How famine was created
  By Mike Davis
  The British insisted that they had rescued India from "timeless hunger". In fact, there were 31 serious famines in 120 years of British rule against only 17 recorded famines in the previous two millennia. It was the process of incorporating India into the world market to serve colonial interests that caused incalculable damage to Indian peasants, the agrarian economy, and food security
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• Along the famished road
  By Jaideep Hardikar
  Vidarbha has been ripped apart by an onslaught of devastating policies. Thousands of desperate farmers have committed suicide. Indebtedness, hunger and ill health are common. The government has announced empty packages but refuses to address the real issues such as declining support prices, an influx of imports, a shift to cash crops, rising input costs and cutbacks on credit. In this complex spiral, the food security of food producers themselves has been compromised
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• Pitfalls of the second green revolution
  By Devinder Sharma
  A wide range of policies-and the second 'Green Revolution'-that the government is introducing in conjunction with Indian corporate houses, American agribusinesses and food multinationals, will have a catastrophic impact on Indian farmers, on sustainability and on food security. The effects are already evident in states like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
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• Signing the wrong contract
  By Dr Sudhirendar Sharma
  Many states in India are promoting contract farming, ostensibly to allow "technology transfer, capital inflow and an assured market" for crops. This means letting retailers and global corporations enter into profitable agreements that are detrimental to the farmer. By ignoring the better option of cooperative farming, which has proved beneficial to farmers, the government is placing Indian agriculture and food production at great risk
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• No wheat to eat
  By Rahul Goswami
  India is importing an unprecedented amount of wheat this year-often sub-standard grain bought at high rates. Domestic stocks are low and the price of wheat is increasing. These are the effects of changes in policy dictated by big agribusinesses and global cartels, which lower procurement by the government, discourage buffer stocks, debilitate the Food Corporation of India, tear apart the PDS, and facilitate hoarding and then private trading. Caught in the global grain market, India's self-sufficiency in food is at great risk
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• Food at stake
  By rinda Karat
  Ten years after the dismantling of the universal public distribution system (PDS), the statistical jugglery of the targeted food distribution system actually excludes millions of poor in both the BPL and APL categories. Targeting is linked to neoliberal policies that seek to limit, if not eliminate, the government's welfare responsibilities
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• The right to food
  By Biraj Patnaik
  The Right to Food Campaign has succeeded in placing hunger at the centre of development discourse in India. The campaign hopes that this long-running case will culminate in the right to food becoming a fundamental right that can be made justiciable in any court of law in the country. The case and the accompanying campaign have established the importance of the law as facilitator, but the right to food also requires political means and people's participation
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• 'Legal action has its limits'
  By Jean reze
  Biraj Patnaik in conversation with Jean Dreze
  Legal action is an integral part of democratic politics, and the Right to Food Campaign is about supplementing legal action with other forms of public action, says development economist Jean Dreze
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• Guarantee against hunger?
  By Tanushree Sood
  If effectively implemented, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act will go a long way towards ensuring food security and protecting rural households from hunger
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• Insecure in the gathering dusk
  By andana Bhatia
  Being old and poor in India often means being hungry and helpless. The decade-old National Old Age Pension Scheme is a buffer for this section of the population, but it is not universal and leaves out many vulnerable people
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• Disintegrated services
  By Nandini Nayak
  There are large gaps between the intentions and implementation of the ICDS, the only government programme aimed at providing nutrition, health and education-related services to children, adolescent girls and mothers
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• Women eat least, and last
  By Dipa Sinha
  Women are more vulnerable to malnutrition. But the targeted food programmes for women, including the National Maternity Benefit Scheme, focus only - and inadequately -- on the reproductive function of women. Ensuring that women secure their right to food is not seen as a desirable goal in itself, even though women are nutritionally deprived at all other stages of their life
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• The empty belly of Bhandup
  By Anosh Malekar
  Eleven chronically malnourished children from a slum in Mumbai were admitted to hospital in June. A survey found that 63% of the children in the slums of Bhandup were malnourished
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• Nine myths about hunger
  Only by freeing ourselves from the grip of widely held myths can we grasp the roots of hunger and see what we can do to end it
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• Neglecting hunger, bypassing health
  By Mohan Rao
  Studies show that a decline in the death rate in some countries that accompanied a decline in infectious diseases, had little to do with medical technology and more to do with increasing resistance to diseases because of improved nutrition. A study of malaria deaths in India in the early-20th century similarly links starvation and immunity. But despite the prevalence of acute and chronic hunger in India, hunger has fallen off the public health map
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• Increasing hunger amongst relative plenty
  By Utsa Patnaik
  In 2000-01, the average Indian family of four was absorbing 93 kg less foodgrain than just four years earlier. This massive drop has little to do with a shortfall in food supply. It is the result of an unprecedented decline in purchasing power in rural areas, thanks to deflationary policies and trade liberalisation
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• Nutritional requirements in India
   
• Diet and nutritional status of rural adolescents in India
   
• Accelerating Progress toward Reducing Child Malnutrition in India - A Concept for Action
   
• Food and Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations
   
• India State Hunger Index: Comparisons of Hunger Across States
   
• 2008 Global Hunger Index FAQs
   
• Clues to the Puzzle of Child Malnutrition in India
   
• National Nutrition Policy - Government of India 24 pages 8.4mb
   
• Indian Pediatrics and Child Survival
   
• Malnourishment among Children in India: A Regional Analysis
   
• IFA supplementation - National Nutritional anaemia Prophylaxis programme
   
• Complementary Feeding Guidelines
   
• Food and Nutrition Board
   
• Nutrition Society of India
   
• Library of National Institute of Nutrition
  (Indian Council of Medical Research), Hyderabad (INDIA)
   
• Recommendations of the Consultation Meetings on Nutrition
   
• Dietary Tips for Better Health 56 pages - English  21.7mb  |  Hindi 21.6mb
  Food & Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India
  March 2007
   
• India's Undernourished Children: A Call for Reform and Action 116 pages 3.2mb
  Michele Gragnolati, Meera Shekar, Monica Das Gupta, Caryn Bredenkamp and Yi-Kyoung Lee - World Bank
   
• Vitamin A & IFA Supplementation 4 pages 210kb
  Government of India, Ministry of Health & Famil Welfare, Department of Family Welfare, Chid Health Division
   
• Growth Monitoring - as per IAP & WHO  18 pages 55kb
   
• Report of the working group on integrating nutrition with health
  11th Five-Year Plan - (2007-2012)    82 pages 714 kb
  Government of India, Ministry of Women and Child Development, November 2006
   
• Mother-Child Nutrition Mission, Maharashtra - V Ramani
  Rajmata Jijau Mother-Child Health & Nutrition Mission, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  Presentation:  flash 778 kb  |  powerpoint 2.2 mb
   
• Maharashtra - Nutrition Protocol in English  6 pages 48kb
  Rajmata Jajau Mother-Child Health & Nutrition Mission
  
  Ideal Nutritional Food for Toddlers - 7 Months to 3 Years
  For 1 to 6 Days, For 7 to 14 Days, For 1 to 6 Days Children with diarrhoea)
  
  Ideal Nutritional Food for Children - 3 to 6 Years
  For 1 to 6 Days, For 7 to 14 Days, For 1 to 6 Days (Children with diarrhoea)
   
• Highlights of Nutrition Initiatives of FNB and MWCD in the context of achieving Food and Nutrition Security in the country 5 pages 110kb
   
• Growth Monitoring Chart
   

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) IV

• ICDS-IV Project Concept Notete  19 pages 126 kb
• ICDS-IV Project - A Handbook  25 pages 387 kb
• ICDS-IV Project - Guidelines and Processes to be followed for the preparation of State Project Implementation Plans and District Annual Plans  35 pages 354 kb

Breast Crawl Initiation of Breastfeeding by Breast Crawl visit breastcrawl.org for video and complete dossier. UNICEF, WHO and WABA along with the scientific community strongly recommend initiating breastfeeding within an hour of birth.   Evidence shows that early initiation can prevent 22% of all deaths among babies below one month in developing countries. Every newborn, when placed on the mother's abdomen, soon after birth, has the ability to find its mother's breast all on its own and to decide when to take the first breastfeed. This is called the "Breast Crawl". This method is evidence based and has been field tested by us. A documentary on the "Breast Crawl" has been prepared for training, advocacy and for wider dissemination. The video has created a very high level of sensitivity among all the levels of functionaries and was officially endorsed by senior policy makers as the right approach for initiating breastfeeding. This dossier provides the background and a scientific overview to the documentary. We are sure that this documentary and dossier will greatly help similar initiatives worldwide. It is our strong desire that this information helps every mother and baby to experience the miracle of Breast Crawl. If we all could achieve early initiation of breastfeeding, we will be able to prevent 22% of all deaths among babies below 1 month. This can be achieved by training all health care providers to initiate breastfeeding, by Breast Crawl, to give infants the best start in life.

English Publications available from from
The National Institute of Nutrition in India

Several informative and low-priced books and journals are brought out by the Institute in English as well as in some regional languages. These publications contain the quintessence of Institute's research endeavors over the years. To popularise these publications among people, a short write-up describing the essential features of these publications is given below.

	Title of the Publication	Price Rs.
	Nutritive Value of Indian Foods (NVIF) This book provides detailed information on the nutrient com- position of over 600 Indian foods. It contains a simple account of current concepts of nutrition science, nutritional chemistry of major food groups and nutritional deficiency diseases. In addition, the book incorporates latest information on nutritional requirement and recommended dietary allowances and on the guidelines for formulating healthy, balanced diets. This book is a must for all those who wish to know more about nutritive value of foods including students, medical and health professionals, planners as well as general public.	40.00
	Nutrition for Mother and Child Mother and child health forms a major thrust area of public health. Nationwide surveys have revealed a wide prevalence of malnutrition among mothers and children, mainly belonging to the underprivileged sections of society. The book discusses in-depth the nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating mothers, infants and pre-school aged children. Several types of low-cost nutritious recipes are described in the book after thoroughly testing these foods in the community for acceptability and tolerance. It is hoped that this low priced informative book will serve the dual purpose of training the health personnel and educating the average Indian housewife in ensuring better health for herself and her child.	25.00
	Nutrient Requirements and Recommended Dietary Allowances for Indians Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) for population groups are used for formulating dietary guidelines and for planing national food and agricultural strategies. An ICMA Expert Committee, constituted a few years back had revised and updated the existing ADA in the light of newer knowledge. This book contains such updated information on the protein energy requirements, definition of quantum and type of fat intakes and other related themes. In addition, ADA for some other nutrients like fat-soluble vitamins, trace elements and electrolytes are also listed. The book is a good reference guide especially for policy makers and researchers.	25.00
	Some Common Indian Recipes and Their Nutritive Value Over 200 rice and wheat-based sweets and savories, commonly eaten in northern, southern, eastern and western regions of India are covered in this book. The details pertaining to cooking methods and nutritive value of these recipes will help housewives to plan healthy menus for the family and also assist in formulating nutritious school lunches and community feeding programmes. Hostels, restaurants and cafeterias can take a few dietary tips from this book.	25.00
	Low Cost Nutritious Supplements After carefully studying the local traditions and eating habits of the community, many inexpensive and nutritious recipes have been worked out at the institute to suit people of different regions. This booklet discusses the principles governing the formulation of these recipes and lists out several food supplements for infants and young children. Most of these recipes are based on coarse cereals, legumes and other locally available foods. This low priced booklet will help mothers to plan healthy diets for their children in the most economical way.	7.00
	Some Therapeutic Diets	12.00
	Menus for Low-Cost Balanced Diets and School Lunch Programmes (Suitable for South Indians / Suitable for North Indians) These two booklets provide diet-based information to assist in the formulation of nutritious snacks and mid-day meals for school going children of both northern and southern regions of the country. Ingredients used in the preparation of these recipes are inexpensive and method of cooking described is simple. These two low priced booklets will help in strengthening the school meal programmes operational in some parts of the country.	8.00 / 10.00
	Fruits Fruits, along with vegetables, form a treasure-trove of nutrients. Though a variety of fruits are grown and consumed in the country, the prevalence of micronutrient malnutrition is alarmingly high among people. This book contains wealth of information on the nutritional aspects of several popular fruits including amla, papaya, guava, sapota, seetaphal and many others. A section of the book has been devoted to a range of lip smacking fruit-based recipes.	20.00
	25 Years of National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau	50.00
	Count What You Eat This book is of immense practical value to practicing dieticians and to those health conscious people who love to count calories before eating. It is always a challenge to make recipes both nutritious as well as tasty. This book provides information on different methods of cooking and on protein, carbohydrate, fat and mineral contents of each of these recipes. A glossary of terms commonly used in food preparations is also presented. The book helps the research workers too in the calculation of the nutrient content of diets of people.	25.00
	Dietary Tips for the Elderly Old aged people comprise a significant chunk of Indian population today. Their number keeps steadily increasing as a direct consequence of increased life expectancy. Health and nutritional problems also affect the lives of the elderly. This booklet provides information on several Easy-to-cook and Ready-to-eat nutritional recipes, which require minimum cooking time. The booklet also contains information on the nature of ageing process, nutrient requirement and dietary sources of nutrients.	10.00
	Diet and Diabetes (D & D) Dietary management of diabetes is one of the most effective ways of controlling the disease. This beautifully illustrated book educates general public on various aspects of diabetes including its types, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, prevention and dietary management. All you wanted to know about food exchange system, glycemic index, model diets, exercise regimen, insulin and other oral drugs, use of alcohol and artificial sweetners and therapeutic effect of fenugreek (methi) seeds are found in this book which is an information storehouse on diabetes.	20.00
	Diet and Heart Disease (DHD) Diet plays a vital role in the prevention of heart disease. This book provides in-depth information on several factors relating to heart health. Structure and function of heart, types of heart diseases, dietary and non-dietary prescription for a healthy heart, nutritive value some commonly eaten foods, heart-healthy recipes are some major aspects covered in this well illustrated book. This book written in simple, non-technical style is highly recommended for both the students of food and nutrition as well as the general public.	30.00
	Dietary Guidelines for Indians - A Manual This manual is the most recent publication of the Institute and translates the nutrition-based recommended dietary allowances into food based practical guidelines. The nutrition knowledge imparted through this book aims to promote the concept of balanced diet and positive lifestyles right from infancy to old age. The book educates the common man to meet his nutritional needs through the judicious use of locally available, low-cost nutritious foods and informs about the deleterious effects of high calorie and cholesterol rich foods on one's health. Students of nutrition and medical sciences, health personnel, policy makers and researchers will find this manual extremely informative and useful.	30.00
	Dietary Guidelines for Indians - A booklet (English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu)	10.00
Hindi Publications
1	Phal	22.00
2	Apne Ahar Ko Jane (Out of Stock)
Telugu Publications
1	Dietary Guidelines for Women & Children	20.00
2	Low Cost Nutritious Supplements (LCNS – T)	10.00
3	Dietary Guidelines for Indians - A Manual	30.00
Kindly contact the National Institute of Nutrition to order these Publications Delivery Terms and Conditions: Postage will be payable in addition to the price indicated. If cost of books is sent in advance through MO/DD, copies will be dispatched by registered VPP book-post covering postal charges only/. Cheques/Postal Orders will not be accepted. All the payments should be made in favour of Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad-500 007, India

List of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Priced Publications (Click Publication's title to see contents)
*All foreign prices, except where indicated otherwise, are in Rupees.
Non-periodicals (Click to see Contents Page)	Price
	Indian	Foreign*
Clinical Manual for Inborn Errors of Metabolism	250.	750.
Perspectives of Indian Medicinal Plants in the Management of Liver Disorders	500.	US$40.
Nutritive Value of Indian Foods (1985) by C. Gopalan, B.V. Rama Sastri and S.C. Balasubramanian, Revised and Updated (1989) by B.S. Narasinga Rao, K.C.Pant and Y.G. Deosthale ((Reprinted 2004)	40.	120.
Low Cost Nutritious Supplements (Second Edition 1975, Reprinted 2000)	7.	21.
A Manual of Laboratory Techniques (Second Edition 2003) by N. Raghuramulu, K. Madhavan, S. Kalyanasundaram	110.	330.
Menus for Low Cost Balanced Diets and School Lunch Programmes Suitable for North India (Second Edition 1977, Reprinted 1998)	6.	18.
Menus for Low Cost Balanced Diets and School Lunch Programmes Suitable for South India (Fourth Edition 1996, Reprinted 2002)	8.	24.
Some Common Indian Recipes and their Nutritive Value (Fourth Edition 1977, Reprinted 2002) by Swaran Pasricha & L.M. Rebello	25.	75.
Nutrition for Mother & Child (Fifth Edition 2002) by P.S. Venkatachalam & L.M. Rebello	20.	60.
Japanese Encephalitis in India (Revised Edition 1980)	5.	15.
Some Therapeutic Diets (Fifth Edition 1996, Reprinted 2002) By Swaran Pasricha	10.	30.
Nutrient Requirements & Recommended Dietary Allowances for Indians (1990, Reprinted 2004)	25.	75.
Fruits (Second Edition 1996, Reprinted 2000) by Indira Gopalan & M. Mohan Ram	20.	60.
Count What You Eat (1989, Reprinted 2000) by Swaran Pasricha	25.	75.
Diet & Diabetes (Second Edition 1993, Reprinted 2000) by T.C. Raghuram, Swaran Pasricha & R.D. Sharma	20.	60.
Dietary Tips for the Elderly (1992, Reprinted 2000) by Swaran Pasricha & B.V.S. Thimmayamma	7.	21.
Diet and Heart Disease (1994, Reprinted 2000) by Ghafoorunissa and Kamala Krishnaswamy	30.	90.
Depressive Disease (1986) by A. Venkoba Rao	58.	US$14.
# Medicinal Plants of India Vol.2 (1987)	136.	US$33.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol I (2003)	600.	1800.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol II (2005)	600.	1800.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol III (2005)	890.	US$65.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol IV (2006)	700.	US$50.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol V (2008)	500.	US$40.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol VI (2008)	600.	US$45.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol VII (2008)	600.	US$45.
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants Vol VIII (2010)	1,600.	US$112.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 1 (Abe - Alle) 2004	620.	1,860.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 2 (Alli - Ard) 2004	620.	1860.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 3 (Are - Azi) 2004	620.	1860.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 4 2004	620.	US$40.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 5 2007	900.	US$70.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 6 (Ch-Ci) 2008	900.	US$63.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 7 (Cl-Co) 2008	1,000.	US$70.
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 9 (Da-Dy) 2009	1,000.	US$70.
Dietary Guidelines for Indians - A Manual (1998, Reprinted 2003)	30.	90.00.
Dietary Guidelines for Indians  (1998, Reprinted 1999)	10.	30.
Poshan Niyamawali ( Second Edition  1974, Reprint 1990 )	6.	18.
Phal (1998)	22.	66.
Bhartiyon ke liye Aahar Sambandhi Margdarsgika (1998, Reprinted 1999)	10.	30.
Periodical Publications
The Indian Journal of Medical Research (Monthly) The total number of the issues of the Journal will be 12 per year (excluding Supplements) Rs. 125. per copy (India) Rs. 500. per annum (India) US $ 120.00 or UK 80.00 or Euro 100. per annum (foreign airmail) Rate includes postal charges under certificate of posting by surface mail. Airmail charges would be extra, at rates applicable from time to time. Discount : 50% discount on annual subscription for Research Workers/Students (on producing a Certificate from the Head of the Institute concerned) 25% discount on annual subscription for non-research individuals 25% discount on annual subscription for institutes/Libraries/Colleges/Book Sellers. No discount will be given-on individual issues. Payment may be made by cheque, bank draft or Postal Orders payable to the Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. Payments through credit card and money orders are not acceptable.

City Initiative for Newborn Health - Mumbai - Overview and Protocol A Collaboration Between SNEHA, MCGM, IPU AND ICICI Bank pdf 732 kb - 34 pages Goal To improve the health and survival of mothers and newborn infants in underprivileged communities in Mumbai.

Purpose To work with community members in urban slums to achieve improvements in maternal and newborn care practices and care seeking. To work with municipal health service providers to strengthen decentralised primary care: To achieve provision of high quality antenatal and postnatal care at health posts. To encourage continuous quality improvement in maternal and neonatal services at maternity homes and hospitals and along the referral chain. To test replicable and scaleable models of interventions to improve maternal and newborn health. Methods The initiative's primary strategies are to encourage change through participation, self-sustaining group activities, ownership, and appreciative inquiry. The first phase of the initiative will run for 4 years. For the purposes of management and evaluation the package will be organised into three components. Within each component, strategies will be devised by groups convened to plan interventions to improve maternal and neonatal health. Intervention will take place at a number of levels, from community to tertiary.

Ending Child Hunger in India Partnering with Local Institutions for National Advocacy World Food Programme World Health Organization Presentation:  flash 70 kb  |  powerpoint 179 kb

English click to enlarge	English Side A click to enlarge     Side B click to enlarge   Download Card Full Size - English Side A  pdf 3.2 mb Side B  pdf 1.8 mb
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A Guide For Use of the Mother-Child Protection Card for the community and the family, Anganwadi Worker, Auxiliary Nurse Midwife & Sector Supervisors
click to enlarge	Download Full Guide English pdf  2 mb
	Download Guide Marathi Front Cover pdf  176 kb pages 1-14 pdf  1 mb pages 15-30 pdf  2 mb pages 31-43 pdf  1.3 mb pages 44-56 pdf  1.7 mb Back Cover pdf  176 kb

Facts for Life saves lives!

Hindi Version - 3rd Edition

Home What is Facts for Life? Using Facts for Life Timing Births Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Child Development and Early Learning Breastfeeding Nutrition and Growth Immunization Diarrhoea Coughs, Colds and More Serious Illnesses Hygiene Malaria HIV Child Protection Injury Prevention Emergencies: Preparedness and Response PDF and Word versions Resources

Each year, around 9 million children die from preventable and treatable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday. Many die during their first year of life. Countless more children live in precarious situations and face diminished futures. The handbook, Facts for Life, provides vital messages and information for mothers, fathers, other family members and caregivers and communities to use in changing behaviours and practices that can save and protect the lives of children and help them grow and develop to their full potential.

This version of Facts for Life builds on the three previous editions, which have been helping families and communities around the world since 1989. Newborn Health has been added to the Safe Motherhood chapter, giving attention to child survival from the first stage of life. A new chapter, Child Protection, has been included, focusing attention on the actions needed to ensure children grow up in protective environments.

Facts for Life is a trusted resource that is written in easy-to-understand language. It has been translated into 215 languages, with over 15 million copies of the previous editions in circulation worldwide. Users are encouraged to be innovative in finding ways to extend the reach of the Facts for Life messages to help families and communities realize the rights of children and women everywhere!

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National Guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding Audience: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Women and Child Development, Food and Nutrition Board, Government of India August 2004 37 pages - pdf 936 kb

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National Guidelines on Infant Feeding Audience: Food and Nutrition Board, Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. 1992 17 pages - pdf 2.5 mb

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Training of Doctors on Nutritional Care During Diarrhoea Audience: National Diarrhoeal Diseases Control & O.R.T. Programmes Government of India, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India prepared by the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR) Calcutta, India 15 pages - pdf 780 kb

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Policy on Control of Nutritional Anaemia Audience: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India January 1991 11 pages - pdf 1.7 mb

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Prevention and Control of Nutritional Anaemia: A South Asia Priority Audience: United Nations Children's Fund - Regional Office for South Asia - 2002 16 pages - pdf 2 mb

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Preventing and Controlling Iron Deficiency Anaemia Through Primary Health Care Audience: A Guide for Health Administrators and Programme Managers E. M. DeMaeyer Formerly Medical Officer, Nutrition, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland with the collaboration of P. Dallman, J. M. Gurney, L. Hallberg, S. K. Sood & S. G. Srikantia 1989 61 pages - pdf 1.7 mb

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Better Care During Diarrhoea 32 pages  - pdf 4.1 mb

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Diarrhoea - Guide 3 Audience: Govt. of India, Central Health Education Bureau, Ministry of health and Family Welfare May 1984 8 pages - pdf 2.5 mb

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Marathi Cookbook Iron and Vitamin C Rich Recipes Gharchya Ghari Anaemia Tala Audience: June 2002 67 pages - pdf 2.8 mb

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Management of Critically Sick Child Audience: Directorate of Health Services Maharashtra State Department of Paediatrics, Cama & Albless Hospital, Mumbai Maharashtra State Health Education Bureau, Aundh, Pune 1997-1998 41 pages - pdf 9.5 mb

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Maharashtra - Guide Audience: 26 pages - pdf 879 kb

Vitamin A

Vitamin A: Frequently Asked Questions - English
Vitamin A: Frequently Asked Questions - Marathi -  pdf 49 kb

Vitamin A Marathi brochure -  pdf 470 kb

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Back - download 274 kb

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Bridging The Nutritional Divide. Swaminathan, M.S. The Little Magazine. 17th International Congress on Nutrition, Vienna, August 2001.

India Child Malnutrition Deaths. Chadha, Monica. BBC News, Mumbai. 27 Aug. 2005

Chronic Hunger and the Status of Women in India. Coonrod, S. Carol. The Hunger Project. 8 Aug. 2005

Demographics of India. Nationmaster. 26 Aug. 2005. Wikipedia Encyclopedia. 30 Aug. 2005

Detailed Facts and Statistics about India. Phrasebase. 2005. Phasebase. 26 June, 2005

Hunger Amidst Plenty. Dreze, Jean. India Together. Dec. 2003. Humanscape. 25 June 2005

Early Years. UNICEF. 6 Aug. 2005

Chronic Hunger and Obesity Epidemic. Gardner, Gary. Worldwatch Organization. 2 Aug. 2005

The Asian Diet Pyramid. Gifford, K. Oldways. Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust. 20 June 2005

India has an Enormous Under-Nutrition and Over-Nutrition Problems. Haddad, Dr. Lawrence. 29 June, 2005

India: Latest. UNICEF. 30 June 2005

Child Malnutrition: Myths and Solutions. Kumar, A.K. Shiva. The Little Magazine. UNICEF. 27 June 2005

Child Nutrition in India. Mishra, Vinod. East-West Center. National Family Health Survey Subjects Reports. 30 June 2005

Food Fight For Hunger. Prasenjit Maiti. Council for Development Studies. 4 Aug. 2005

Family Life: India. Rajani, Chetan. The Settlement Organization. Cultural Profiles Project. 30 June 2005

SC Rules on Preventing Starvation Deaths. India Together. Right to Food litigation. 27 Aug. 2005

The Plight of Children in India. Statesman. Food Relief. Bhaktivedanta International Charities. 15 Aug. 2005.

Women's Education Can Improve Child Nutrition in India. National Family Health Survey Bulletin. Feb. 2000. International Institute for Population Sciences Mumbai.

Information on Vegetarian & Vegan Diets (PCRM)

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