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The country’s leadership must ‘reaffirm’ its commitment to fight malnutrition during the pandemic and “act decisively” to ensure that health and nutrition goals are part of COVID-19 response plan, urged various stakeholders from the nutrition community on Wednesday.
They were speaking at an event held to mark 1,000 days since the launch of the Poshan Abhiyaan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2018 in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. Experts from among research and advocacy groups, technical and implementation partners — which include International Food Policy Research Institute, UNICEF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Tata Trusts, Right to Food Campaign — gathered to renew their Commitment to Action on nutrition as part of the Coalition of Food and Nutrition Security (CFNS) which was founded by Dr M.S….