Last year, the ICMR initiated a process re-revisit WHO’s weight and height standards for children on grounds that these are not appropriate in the Indian context. But is this valid? Are current growth standards overstating India’s malnutrition crisis? In this conversation, Dr Yogesh Jain talks to Prof. Rakesh Lodha, AIIMS and Dr Pavitra Mohan,BHS, ( all of leading pediatric practitioners and academicians with experience in public policy) to clarify the issues and concerns underlying the current controversy and the values and goals that should inform our choice of standards.
Dr. Yogesh Jain
This is a picture of a 18 month old girl with severe pain due to dactylitis. Needless suffering. !!. The current policy is aspirational but flawed and needs to get it’s priorities right …