गृहपृष्ठ ∕ International ∕ China’s nutrition improvement program benefits over 11 mln children International China’s nutrition improvement program benefits over 11 mln children KathmanduPati May 03, 2021 BEIJING – A total of 11.2 million Chinese children had benefited from the country’s nutrition improvement program by the end of 2020, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. As of the end of last year, the program had covered all the country’s 832 impoverished counties since its launch in 2012, the center said. As part of the program, free nutrition packages are provided to infants aged six to 24 months in places around areas with extreme poverty. The rates of anaemia and growth retardation among children aged between 6 and 24 months in the areas being monitored were 16.3 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively, which decreased by 50.5 percent and 68.3 percent compared with figures for 2012, the center said. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal assembly seeks answers over alleged SSB border incursion Mongolia’s former prime minister calls on Education minister Indonesia ferry fire kills five, dozens missing Nepal denies Malaysia recruitment syndicate allegations amid controversy Trump announces fresh Iran talks after strike pause Sheikh Hasina’s first public appearance since ouster Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms4 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward5 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief6 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested7 ‘Promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation along with modern medicine positive’8 TRENDING Police make a woman public in connection to Gongabu murder case Money laundering case worth millions filed against gangster ‘Bale’ Indian Army Chief General Naravane to visit Nepal in November Indian RAW Chief Goel meets Prime Minister Oli after coming to Nepal from Bhutan Kamal Thapa seeks role of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party’s executive chairman Nepali Baba passes away CIAA summons Bijaya Prakash Mishra over alleged negotiation for Rs 700-million bribe with former Minister Baskota Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan now coronavirus free
