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 South Korea pledges continued flood recovery support Government expands domestic jobs to reduce migration WHO Regional Director seeks support for top post UN Resident Coordinator meets Foreign Minister 606 foreign tourists still missing after Bhotekoshi floods Army Chief Sigdel meets China’s Defence Minister Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward6 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns7 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested8 TRENDING Siwakoti appointed as Nepal’s Trade Advisor by Canadian Trade Commission Services While police cracks down small hotels, restaurants, Chaudhary Group’s Vivanta enjoys immunity Arrival lounge of TIA-domestic to be expanded Huawei Opens Its Largest Global Cyber Security and Privacy Protection Transparency Center in China Nyalam County in China to provide biggest support to Sindhupalchowk Formula of cabinet reorganization: to provide platform to top leaders Agenda set for CPN secretariat meeting on Monday Province 2 preparing to use Manipal Teaching Hospital building as COVID-19 hospital
