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1 | Welcome to India’s War on Malnutrition | |
2 | Call against malnutrition, at Central Park in New Delhi. | Mamokatra Ny Adin'i India Amin'ny Tsy Fanjarian-tsakafo Manjo Ny Ankizy |
3 | Image by Rohit Gautam. Copyright Demotix (7/6/2015) | [Lahatsoratra niaingàna, nivoaka voalohany tamin'ny 26 Septambra 2015]. |
4 | Puja and Arti are seven-month-old sisters. They were born in a small village called Madhubani Ghat in the East Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. | Kambana mirahavavy samy fito volana i Puja sy Art. Teraka tao amin'ny vohitra kely antsoina hoe Madhubani Ghat ao amin'ny distrikan'i Champaran atsinanan'ny fanjakàna Indiana Bihar. |
5 | Their parents, Sabita and Hari Giri, are illiterate and belong to a socially-excluded community, leaving them without many of the means necessary to their children's health. | Tsy mahay mamaky teny sy manoratra ny ray sy renin'izy ireo, Sabita et Hari Giri, izay avy amin'ny vondrom-piarahamonina voahilikilika ara-tsosialy, tsy manana fahafahana loatra hiantohana fahasalamana mendrika ho an'ireo zanany izy ireo. |
6 | As part of a UNICEF program in the village, both the twins were screened for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and it was determined that Puja and Arti were SAM cases. | Tao anatin'ny fandaharanasan'ny UNICEF ho an'ilay vohitra, nanaovana fitiliana sao misedra tsy fanjariana ara-tsakafo lalina sy mafy ireto kambana mirahavavy ireto (MAS) ary dia hita fa tratra i Puja sy Arti. |
7 | They are not alone. | Tsy ny azy ireo ihany no tranga hita. |
8 | Twenty percent of Indian children under the age of five suffer from wasting (low weight for height) due to acute undernutrition, which is more than one third of the world's children who are found wasted. | Roapolo isanjaton'ireo ankizy latsaky ny dimy taona ao India no tratry ny tsy fahampian'ny lanja noho ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo tafahoatra, izay manome mihoatra noho ny ampahatelon'ireo zaza tsy ampy lanja manerana izao tontolo izao. |
9 | According to UNICEF's recent Rapid Survey on Children, about 30 percent Indian children under five years are malnourished. | Araka ny fanadihadiana vao haingana nataon'ny UNICEF momba ny ankizy, manodidina ny 30 isanjato amin'ireo ankizy indiana latsaky ny dimy taona no zara raha misakafo. |
10 | With all its economic growth and technology boom, these malnutrition figures are thoroughly uninspiring for a country rising in so many other areas. | Zava-misy mampalahelo ao amin'ny firenena izany, izay firenena ahitàna fivoarana ara-toekarena goavana, fipoahan'ny fandrosoana teknolojika ary mivoatra amin'ny sehatra samihafa ihany koa. |
11 | Apart from providing midday meal schemes in schools, there are a handful of other efforts to curb malnutrition, such as Integrated Child Development Services (started in 1975), the National Children's Fund (created during the International Year of the Child in 1979), the National Plan of Action for Children, the National Rural Health Mission, and the United Nations Children's Fund. | Ankoatry ny fizarana sakafo antoandro any an-tsekoly, misy hetsika vitsivitsy ihany koa natao hifehezana ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo, toy ny Sampandraharaha Ifotony ho Fampandrosoana ny Ankizy (hatramin'ny 1975), ny Tahirimbola Nasionaly ho an'ny Ankizy (natsangana nandritry ny fankalazana ny Taona iraisampirenena ho an'ny ankizy tamin'ny 1979), ny Drafitra Nasionaly Hiasàna ho an'ny Ankizy, ny Iraka ho an'ny Fahasalaman'ireo eny Ambanivohitra ary ny Tahirimbolan'ny Firenena Mikambana ho an'ny Ankizy. |
12 | India observes National Nutrition Week annually from September 1 to 7, when the country tries to boost awareness about the importance of nutrition and its far-reaching implications on development, productivity, economic growth, and ultimately national development. | Mankalaza ny Herinandrom-pirenena ho an'ny Ankizy i India isantaona, manomboka ny 1 hatramin'ny 7 Septambra, ka amin'io ny firenena no miezaka mandrisika ny fahatongavan-tsaina momba ny maha-zava-dehibe ny fihinanana sakafo sy ny vokatra goavana aterany eo amin'ny fandrosoana, ny famokarana, ny fivoarana ara-toekarena ary farany ny fandrosoan'ny firenena. |
13 | This year, the theme was “Better Nutrition: The Key to Development” and the emphasis was to raise awareness about malnutrition, healthy diets, and measures that would curb malnutrition. | Ny lohahevitra ho an'ity taona ity dia ny “Sakafo Tsara Kokoa, fanalahidin'ny Fandrosoana” ary nasiana tsindrimpeo manokana ny fanentanana momba ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo, ny sakafo ara-pahasalamana ary ireo fepetra mampihena ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
14 | As part of the program, the Food and Nutrition Board through its 43 Community and Food Nutrition Extension Units present in each state and Union territory, coordinating with NGOs and other departments to organize workshops, orientation trainings of field personnel, awareness generation camps, and community meetings about better nutrition. | Eo ambanin'io fandaharanasa io, ny Filankevitra momba ny Sakafo sy ny Fisakafoanana, amin'ny alàlan'ireo vondrom-pirahamonina 43 ao aminy sy ireo sampana fanapariahana ny resaka sakafo hita any amin'ireo fanjakana tsirairay sy ny faritany, dia mifandrindra amin'ireo fikambanana tsy miankina sy ireo sampan-draharaha hafa mba hikarakara atrikasa, fiofanana fitarihan-dàlana ho an'ireo mpirotsaka eny an-kianja, lasim-panentanana sy fivoriana ho an'ireo vondrom-piarahamonina, momba ny atao hoe sakafo tsara kokoa. |
15 | Each state in India has come up with its own plan to tackle malnutrition. | Tonga nitondra ny drafitra azy manokana hiadiany amin'ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo ireo fanjakana tsirairay atao India. |
16 | According to new data, India's nine poorest states have successfully reduced the number of underweight children over the last decade. | Araka ny angon-drakitra vaovao, vitan'ireo fanjakana sivy mahantra indrindra ao India ny nampihena ny tàhan'ny fahiazana tafahoatra nandritry ny taompolo farany teo. |
17 | Launched in 2013, the Chhattisgarh state government's “Phulwari scheme” for children between ages of 6 months and 3 years aims to keep children healthy by providing proper nutrition. | Natomboka tamin'ny 2013, ny fandaharanasa Phulwari an'ny governemantan'ny fanjakan'i Chhattisgarh, natao ho an'ny ankizy eo anelanelan'ny 6 volana sy 3 taona, dia mikendry ny hitazonana azy ireo ho ao anaty fahasalamana, amin'ny fanomezana azy ireo sakafo sahaza. |
18 | The scheme was planned to be implemented in 85 tribal development blocks of 19 districts, with 2,850 Phulwari Centres and Rs. 10 crore (about 1.5 million US dollars) was allocated for the centers. | Efa voaomana ny hametrahana ilay drafitra any amin'ireo fari-pampandrosoana miisa 85 onenan'ireo foko aminà ditrika 19, miaraka aminà Foibe Phulwari 2850, sy vola 100 tapitrisa roupies (eo amin'ny 1,5 tapitrisa dolara US) natokana ho an'ireo foibe ireo. |
19 | Similarly, the Nawa Jatan scheme in Chhattisgarh was designed to combat malnutrition, where UNICEF provided technical help through its consultants by conducting a base-line survey in around 340 village panchayats where the malnutrition rate was reported to be high. | Fomba mitovy amin'izay ihany, ny Drafitra Nawa Jatan ao Chhattisgarh dia natao hiadiana amin'ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo, miaraka amin'ny fanoloran'ny UNICEF ny tohana teknika amin'ny alàlan'ireo iraka manao fanadihadiana ifotony any aminà vohitra 340 (panchayats) izay avo be tokoa ny tahan'ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
20 | The population of Chhattisgarh is 26 million people, with tribal people making up more than 30 percent of the total. | 26 tapitrisa ny mponina ao Chhattisgarh, izay vahoaka mameno foko iray ny 30 isanjato mahery amin'io. |
21 | Nearly a third of the local children are malnourished, but recent figures show a substantial decrease in the number of malnourished children, thanks in large part to these new projects. | Manodidina ny ampahatelon'ireo ankizy ao an-toerana no zara raha misakafo, nefa ireo tarehimarika vao haingana dia mampiseho fihenàna goavana eo amin'ny isan'izy ireo, izay amin'ny ankapobeny, dia noho ireny tetikasa vaovao ireny. |
22 | #Chhattisgarh‘s 1st of its kind, ‘Phulwari' Scheme has managed to achieve significant success in eradication of malnutrition. | Voalohany amin'ny karazany ao Chhattisgarh, nahita fahombiazana goavana ny fandaharanasa ‘Phulwari' tamin'ny famongorana ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
23 | - Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) August 26, 2014 . | |
24 | @ChouhanShivraj should learn from Chhattisgarh where kids in tribal areas are being fed eggs through Phulwari scheme http://t.co/ODNvEyOzzL - Supriya Sharma (@sharmasupriya) June 1, 2015 | @ChouhanShivraj tokony hianatra amin'ny zavamisy ao Chhattisgarh, fa any ny zanak'ireo faritra ara-poko dia fahànan'ny fandaharanasa Phulwari amin'ny atody. |
25 | According to the latest survey by Census of India and Clinical, Anthropometric and Biometric (CAB), these projects in Chhattisgarh have succeeded in lowering the percentage of stunted and underweight children under the age of five years from 53 percent to 35 percent and from 53 percent to 39 percent, respectively. | Araka ny fanadihadiana farany nataon'ny Fanisàna Klinika, Antropometrika sy Biometrika ao India (CAB), vitan'ireny fandaharanasa ireny tao Chhattisgarh ny nampihena ny isanjaton'ireo zaza tratry ny fahataràn'ny fitomboana niala tamin'ny 53 isanjato ho amin'ny 35 isanjato, sy ny fahiazana 53 isanjato ho amin'ny 39 isanjato, ho an'ireo zaza latsaky ny dimy taona. |
26 | India's largest state, Rajasthan had 44 percent of children under the age group of 3 years as underweight, according to National Family Health Survey. | Rajasthan, ilay fanjakana lehibe indrindra ao India, no misy ny 44 isanjaton' ireo ankizy latsaky ny 3 taona iharan'ny fahiazana tafahoatra raha araka ny vokatry ny Fanadihadiana Nasionaly momba ny Fahasalaman'ny Fianakaviana. |
27 | The state government has setup 38 Malnutrition Treatment Corners (MTCs) with the aim of improving management of severely malnourished children at the level of district hospitals. | Nametraka foibe 38 ho fikarakarana ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo ny governemanta ao an-toerana, ka tanjona amin'izany ny hanatsaràna ny fandraisana an-tànana ireo ankizy tratry ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo henjana eny amin'ireo hopitalin'ny distrika. |
28 | According to a State Institute of Health & Family Welfare document, 13,200 malnourished children have been taken care of under this program. | Araka ny antotan-taratasy iray avy amin'ny Ivon-toeram-panjakana momba ny Fahasalaman'ny Fianakaviana, ankizy 13.200 tsy ampy sakafo no efa noraisina an-tànana tamin'io fandaharanasa io. |
29 | In an effort to distribute supplementary food enriched with vitamins and minerals for undernourished children, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, the United Nations World Food Programme, and the Indian government have set up the Banswara Factory as a model for producing supplementary food. | Mba hizaràna fanampin-tsakafo nasiana otrikaina sy mineraly ho an'ireo ankizy tsy ampy sakafo, ny Fiarahamientana Erantany ho amin'ny Fisakafoanana Nohatsaraina, fandaharanasa iray ao amin'ny Firenena Mikambana sy ny governemanta indiana dia nametraka ny ozinina ao Banswara ho fakàna tàhaka amin'ny famokarana fanampin-tsakafo. |
30 | The factory, owned and operated by ten local women, produces Raj Nutrimix-a mix of flours, wheat, and sugar fortified with essential micronutrients which are also palatable to children. | Ilay ozinina, izay vehivavy folo avy ao an-toerana no tompony sy manodina azy, dia mamokatra ny Raj Nutrimix, fangaronà vary, kobam-barim-bazaha sy siramamy nampiana kasinga mahavelona tena ilaina, izay sady mampilendalenda ireo ankizy rahateo koa. |
31 | Thirty metric tons of Raj Nutrimix enriched with vitamins and minerals feeds 6,000 children under the age of three and nearly 3,000 pregnant or lactating women on a daily basis, thanks to Rajasthan State Government's social welfare program. | Raj Nutrimix nofenoina otrikaina sy mineraly milanja telopolo taonina no mamelona isanandro zaza 6.000 latsaky ny telo taona sy vehivavy bevohoka manodidina ny 3.000 na mampinono, noho ny fisian'ilay fandaharanasa fiahiana ara-tsosialy napetraky ny governemantan'ny fanjakan'i Rajasthan. |
32 | The government is also turning to organic farming and has an ambitious plan to dedicate thousands of hectares of land to farming organic crops, in order to tackle the twin issues of protein malnutrition and unsustainable chemical fertilizer-based farming. | Mitodika amin'ny fiompiana manaraka ny fomba voajanahary ihany koa ilay governemanta ary manana drafitra sahisahy mikendry ny hanokana tany an'arivony hektara hanaovana izany, ny tanjona dia sady hiadiana amin'ny tsy fahampiana proteina, no hiadiana ihany koa amin'ny fambolena tsy maharitra ampiasàna zezika simika. |
33 | Rajasthan plans to open 10 more #HumanMilkBanks to combat against #malnutrition. | Mihevitra hanokatra bankin-drononon-dreny 10 vaovao ny ao Rajasthan mba hiadiana amin'ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
34 | An effective step to invest in future of country- Children. - #FortifiedFood (@_FortifiedFood) September 3, 2015 | Fepetra iray mahomby amin'ny fampiasàna vola hiantohana hoavy tsara ho an'ny firenena, ny ankizy. |
35 | According to a recent survey, there are 4,300 children in Rajasthan aged between 6 months to 5 years with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and in need of medical or supplementary intervention. | Araka ny fanadihadina iray vao haingana, misy ankizy 4.300 eo anelanelan'ny 6 volana sy 5 taona tratry ny tsy fahampian-tsakafo henjana ao Rajasthan, ary mila fandraisana an-tànana ara-pitsaboana sy fanampiana. |
36 | India's least developed state, Bihar faces a serious malnutrition crisis. | i Bihar, ilay firenena tsy mandroso indrindra ao India, dia miatrika olana goavana momba ny tsy fahampian-tsakafo. |
37 | According to the consolidated revised National Rural Health Mission report 2012-13 for Bihar, around 80 percent of children under five are malnourished. | Araka ny tatitra 2012-13 navoakan'ny Iraka ho an'ny Fahasalaman'ireo eny Ambanivohitra ao Bihar, manodidina ny 80 isanjaton'ny ankizy latsaky ny dimy taona no ratsy sakafo. |
38 | Low intake of nutritious food, non-availability of quality health services, the absence of adequate community workers, low institutional delivery, and a lack of access to cheap medicines have all contributed to high malnutrition rates in the state. | Ny tsy fahampian'ireo kasinga mahavelona hanina, ny tsy fisian'ny sampan-draharaham-pahasalamana tsara kalitao ary ny tsy fahampian'ny fahafahana mahazo fanafody amin'ny vidiny mora, dia samy miasa daholo miteraka ny fiakaran'ny tàhan'ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo ho avo be ao amin'ilay fanjakana. |
39 | Since 2012, the Bihar Government has been working on a three-pronged strategy to curb malnutrition. | Hatramin'ny 2012, miasa aminà tetikady iray ahitàna fizaràny telo ny governemanta ao Bihar mba hampihenanan ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
40 | In all 38 districts, the government has setup 30-bed nutritional rehabilitation centers focusing on acute malnourished children. | Any amin'ireo faritra 38, nametrahan'ny governemanta foibe fanarenana misy farafara 30, mifantoka manokana amin'ireo zaza tratry ny tsy fahampian-tsakafo lalina. |
41 | Early marriage, non-spacing of children, and a lack of breastfeeding, too, contribute to malnutrition and the programs under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, run by the department of social welfare, are aiming to change this. | Ny fidirana amin'ny fanambadiana aloha loatra, ny vohoka mifanesy ary ny tsy fisian'ny fampinonoana no isan'ny mahatonga ny tsy fahampian-tsakafo, ary ireo fandaharanasa toy ny Tetikasa Fampandrosoana itofony ny ankizy, tantanan'ny sampan-draharahan'ny fiahiana ara-tsosialy, dia mikendry ny hanova io toedraharaha io. |
42 | The health department has also launched micronutrient programs that include Vitamin A capsules and iron supplements. | Natomboky ny sampan-draharahan'ny fahasalamana ihany koa ny fandaharanasa momba ireo kasinga mahavelona izay ahitàna ny ‘capsules' otrikaina A sy fanampiana vy. |
43 | Severe acute malnutrition is a stark reality in Bihar #India. | Zavamisy tena mamely mafy ao Bihar ny tsy fahampian-tsakafo lalina. |
44 | More than 50% of children under 35 months r underweight pic.twitter.com/h1LPBjIVF6 | Maherin'ny 50 isanjato amin'ny ankizy latsaky ny 35 volana no tratry ny fahiazana tafahoatra. |
45 | - Sophie Cousins (@SophCousins) April 16, 2015 Launched on October 11, 2014, by the Department of Social Welfare's former chief minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi, the government of Bihar initiated a campaign called “Bal Kuposhan Mukta Bihar,” which aims to reduce child malnutrition to below 30 percent among children under three by the end of 2017. | Tamin'ny 11 Oktobra 2014, natombok'i Jitan Ram Manjhi, praiminisitra fahiny, lehiben'ny Departemantan'ny fiahiana ara-tsosialy ny fanentanana iray antsoina hoe “Bal Kuposhan Mukta Bihar” izay ny tanjona dia ny hanenàna ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo eny amin'ireo latsaky ny telo taona ankizy ho ambanin'ny 30 isanjato mandrapahatongan'ny 2017. |
46 | The program uses social media and street plays to convey its messages about malnutrition. | Ampiasain'ilay fandaharanasa ny media sosialy sy ny tantara tsangana eny an'arabe mba hampitàna ny hafatra momba ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
47 | It even practices periodic household visits by service providers, such as Anganwadi workers and staff from the Accredited Social Health Activists, who talk to mothers about issues related to malnutrition. | Manatanteraka fitsidihana tokantrano matetika ihany koa izy, toy ireo mpiasa sosialy ao Anganwadi sy ireo olona avy amin'ny Mpirotsaka an-tsitrappo Nahazo Fankatoavan'ny Fahasalamana Sosialy, izay miresaka amin'ireo renim-pianakaviana momba ny olana mifandray amin'ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
48 | Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Bihar have been battling malnutrition for decades now. | Efa ampolo taona ry Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, sy Bihar no mitolona mandresy ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo. |
49 | While new official data show improvement and testify that multiple programs seem to be working, there remains much to do. | Raha toa ka efa ahitàna fivoarana tsara ireo angon-drakitra ofisialy ary mampivoitra ny fandeha tsaran'ireo fandaharanasa isankarazany, mbola betsaka ihany ny tokony hatao. |