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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Nutrition, Diets, and Health

Soyra Gune

Research Analyst

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Soyra Gune is a Research Analyst in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in IFPRI’s South Asia office in New Delhi. She joined in 2021 as part of POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Action for Nutrition in India). As part of her work with POSHAN, she has worked on subnational case studies that examine factors behind successful reductions in undernutrition at the state and district levels. She is broadly interested in development economics with a particular focus on social safety net programs for women and children. Prior to joining IFPRI, Soyra completed her master’s degree in Economics from the University of Warwick and her bachelor’s degree in Economics (Honors) with a minor in Development and Sustainability from Azim Premji University.

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Tracking anemia and its determinants from 2015-16 to 2019-21 in India

2023
Gune, Soyra; Christopher, Anita; Scott, Samuel; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Joe, William; Singh, S. K.; Dwivedi, L. K.; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; Puri, Parul; Chauhan, Alka
…more Yadav, Kapil; Chamois, Sylvie
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Tracking anemia and its determinants from 2015-16 to 2019-21 in India

This Data Note provides an update on the prevalence of anemia and its determinants in India at state and districts levels, as well as coverage of a nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions. Data were from the National Family Health Surveys in 2005 06, 2015 2016 and 2019 21. We first report national trends for 8 population groups (Figure 1 below). For each population group, we show anemia prevalence by severity category and at state and district levels using the two latest rounds of data. Lastly, we show recent trends in determinants of anemia and, nutrition and health interventions.

Year published

2023

Authors

Gune, Soyra; Christopher, Anita; Scott, Samuel; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Joe, William; Singh, S. K.; Dwivedi, L. K.; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; Puri, Parul; Chauhan, Alka; Yadav, Kapil; Chamois, Sylvie

Citation

Gune, Soyra; Christopher, Anita; Scott, Samuel; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Joe, William; Singh, S. K.; Dwivedi, L. K.; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; Puri, Parul; Chauhan, Alka; Yadav, Kapil; and Chamois, Sylvie. 2023. Tracking anemia and its determinants from 2015-16 to 2019-21 in India. POSHAN Data Note No. 93. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136562

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Adolescents; Anaemia; Blood Disorders; Health; Maternal and Child Health; Maternal Nutrition; Nutrition

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English

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Open Access

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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136562 Source record

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Sustainable Healthy Diets

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Coverage of nutrition and health interventions in India: Insights from the National Family Health Surveys

2023Christopher, Anita; Gune, Soyra; Avula, Rasmi; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Menon, Purnima; Singh, S. K.; Dwivedi, L. K.; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; Puri, Parul; Chauhan, Alka
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Coverage of nutrition and health interventions in India: Insights from the National Family Health Surveys

Nutrition-specific interventions are aimed at improving the food, health, and care environment for women and children during the first 1000 days. These interventions span pregnancy, postnatal, and early childhood periods and include food and micronutrient supplementation, nutrition education and/or counselling, growth monitoring and promotion, as well as routine immunization, deworming, and care during illness. At 90% coverage, these interventions can contribute to 20% reduction in stunting and 61% reduction in severe wasting. India’s policy framework for health and nutrition is robust and includes most evidence-based nutrition and health interventions. Two large-scale national program platforms – the Integrated Child Development Services and the National Health Mission – together deliver these interventions across the country. India’s efforts at scaling up nutrition interventions are now also bolstered by the National Nutrition Mission. This Data Note describes the coverage of key nutrition and health interventions for which data are available in the National Family Health Surveys for 2015-2016 and 2019-2021. To examine coverage of interventions, indicators were created based on global definitions and making adaptations to Indian policy context where necessary. Data on women of reproductive age (15-49 years) with a child below five years of age from the most recent birth was used to compute these indicators. Indicator definitions are provided in Annex 1 of this Note.

Year published

2023

Authors

Christopher, Anita; Gune, Soyra; Avula, Rasmi; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Menon, Purnima; Singh, S. K.; Dwivedi, L. K.; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; Puri, Parul; Chauhan, Alka

Citation

Christopher, Anita; Gune, Soyra; Avula, Rasmi; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Menon, Purnima; Singh, S. K.; Dwivedi, L. K.; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; Puri, Parul; and Chauhan, Alka. 2023. Coverage of nutrition and health interventions in India: Insights from the National Family Health Surveys. POSHAN Data Note No. 94. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136564

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India

Keywords

Southern Asia; Asia; Data; Data Analysis; Food; Health; Maternal and Child Health; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Research Methods; Surveys

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English

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Open Access

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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136564 Source record

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Sustainable Healthy Diets

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State nutrition profile: Manipur

2022Gune, Soyra; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Sarswat, Esha; Menon, Purnima
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State nutrition profile: Manipur

This Data Note describes the trends for a set of key nutrition and health outcomes, determinants, and coverage of interventions. The findings are based on estimates using unit-level data, data from national and state reports from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 (2005-2006) and NFHS-4 (2015-2016), and data from state factsheets and reports from NFHS-5 (2019-2021). In addition to standard prevalence-based analyses, this Data Note includes headcount-based analyses aligned to the POSHAN Abhiyaan monitoring framework to provide evidence that helps identify priority districts and number of districts in the state with public health concern as per the WHO guidelines. The Data Note includes a color-coded dashboard to compare the coverage of nutrition interventions across all the districts in the state. It concludes with key takeaways for children, women, and men, and identifies areas where the state has potential to improve.

Year published

2022

Authors

Gune, Soyra; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Sarswat, Esha; Menon, Purnima

Citation

Gune, Soyra; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Singh, Sudhir K.; Sarwal, Rakesh; Bhatia, Neena; Johnston, Robert; Joe, William; Sarswat, Esha; and Menon, Purnima. 2022. State nutrition profile: Manipur. POSHAN Data Note 75. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135855

Country/Region

India

Keywords

Southern Asia; Asia; Maternal and Child Health; Anaemia; Child Wasting; Child Nutrition; Health; Households; Indicators; Thinness; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Wasting Disease (nutritional Disorder); Food Security; Child Stunting; Overweight; Obesity; Trends

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English

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Open Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135855 Source record

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Brief

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