Health and Nutrition

Child nutrition in Rajasthan has moved in the wrong direction. Wasting among children under five rose from 16.8 to 19.8 per cent between the last two national surveys. The anganwadi is where most families first meet the public health system, and where early identification either happens or does not. These pieces look at the window in which early intervention changes a child's trajectory, why that window is so often missed, and what the frontline worker is actually being asked to carry. See our work on health and nutrition.