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 UN report underscores urgency of hefty financing to rescue SDGs 100 rockets fired at northern Israel after Israel strikes deeper… China targets economic growth of around 5 pct in 2024 Two people to be publicly executed in eastern Afghanistan Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife get 14 years jail… Huawei Sustainability Forum: Jeffrey Sachs Advocates Tech Solutions to Address… Top Headlines Nepal, India sign long-term agreement on electricity export, materializing MoU reached during PM’s visit1 NC, Maoist Centre discuss about NA election2 1.3 kilos of gold confiscated from TIA3 Govt. forms former-judge Poudel led probe commission to investigate Balkumari incident4 Dhakal recommended as SC chief registrar5 Manpower agency owner arrested for cheating more than Rs 1.9 million6 President expresses concern over ’emptying’ villages for lack of employment opportunities7 PM Dahal stresses on developing innovative agricultural system8 TRENDING Nepal Army opens investigation into case of captains thrashing soldier in Congo Shailung Group, Hobiko to be blacklisted for failure to supply chemical fertilizers in time Brigadier General Dinesh Kumar KC dies from COVID-19 Home Minister warns of action against those speaking indecent on President Railway service in the name of VC Tul Bahadur Pun launched in the UK Home Minister Badal convenes separate meeting of central committee members, House members Bohora steps down as Sudurpashchim’s Economic Affairs Minister NHRC urges even and judicious implementation of prison term pardon