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 Trump urges 60-day Gaza ceasefire deal ahead of Netanyahu visit Huawei Unveils 83 Global Showcases and 10 Industry Solutions at… Trump hints Zelenskyy “won’t be around very long” Trump fires USAID inspector general Trump says will impose 25% tariffs on US steel, aluminum… Mexico deploys the first of 10,000 National Guard troops to… Top Headlines Scrutinizing Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah´s Thoughts and Strategy1 Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah in Contemporary Nepal2 Photo exhibition at Nepal Army Headquarters3 Ncell is the FIRST Nepali Telecom Company to receive ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications for information security and data privacy4 Gold price ups Rs 2,000 per tola5 NA team sets out on Gorakha-Kathmandu march to promote ‘unification route’6 PM Oli, Sri Lankan’s former President meet7 PM Oli extends New Year greetings8 TRENDING A phone call that paved the way for RAW Chief’s visit to Nepal What role has the Nepal Army been playing in controlling the coronavirus? UPAYA CITY CARGO LAUNCHES Version 3.0 Public Relations for a Soldier Nepal Army’s mission in Lebanon provides Covid support kits to local municipalities Police make a woman public in connection to Gongabu murder case This time’s Teej, social distancing please! Nepal Army’s Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey gets promoted to Major General