India has slid down the Global Hunger Index( GHI) this year, falling behind its South Asian

The economic catastrophe set off by Covid-19, now deep into its second year, has battered millions of people.... In South Africa and many other countries, far more have been pushed over the edge.... As another wave of the virus grips the African continent, the toll has ripped the informal safety net — notably financial help from relatives, friends and neighbors — that often sustains the world’s poor in the absence of government support....

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Now with 116 countries in the fray, it has dropped to 101st rank. India's GHI score has also decelerated--from 38.8 in 2000 to the range of 28.8-27.5 between 2012 and 2021. The GHI score is calculated on four indicators--undernourishment; child wasting( the share of children under the age of five who are wasted i.e who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute undernutrition); child stunting( children under the age of five who have low height for their age, reflecting chronic undernutri

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Open this photo in gallery A woman receives a free meal distributed by the community service center on Apr.... Around 882, 000 of them were stunted, meaning their growth was permanently affected, while about 364, 000 suffered from wasting, meaning they were seriously underweight.... At the time, undernutrition accounted for 52 per cent of child deaths in Nepal every year. The pandemic is likely to greatly increase those numbers....

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