Health is one of the major problems in third world countries such as India. One of the many reasons why this occurs is because of poverty. Poverty will eat you slowly till you die; it is one of the reasons why most of the babies were not vaccinated, there were poor support from the government about the health of the people and some of the medicines were not provided and usually the cost is unaffordable.
The nutritional deficiencies affect child's health such as insufficient vitamins, iron and iodine. And it is not only the child that are affected but also women particularly those who are pregnant. Lack of Vitamin A leads to blindness and can lead to death for severe infection. Lack of Iron leads to anemia because iron supplies the red blood cells and if this cannot be supplied white blood cells will increase thus will lead to anemia or leukemia. Lack of iodine leads to goiter and the thyroid gland will not function properly. Some government nowadays included in their plan the action on helping their countrymen improve the health of the population. Like in India based on the http://www.jsi.com/intl/omni/india.htm:
In May 1996, the Government of India (GOI) developed an Action Plan on Nutrition and established a task force for
Acute respiratory infections are responsible for 8.2% of the world's total burden of disability and premature mortality and are the leading cause of childhood morbidity.
"Oral rehydration solution" is one of the recommended treatments for people who have diarrhea. Based on the online source, http://www.aafp.org/afp/981115ap/eliason.html:
Therefore in the third world countries, nutrition and health is one of the big issues because they cannot include in their budget the health of the population. The major victims of malnutrition are the children as well as some pregnant women because of the child they are carrying. Because of the help of different organizations all over the world especially rich countries the mortality rate and morbidity rates reduces. These organizations help also to maintain the quality of life of the population as well as continuing their support in poor countries.
In this, the Vitamin A was given in doses to children through immunization as well as those who need it and iron-folic acids acts as a supplements that were given also to children one to eleven years old. Iodine was included in salt because salt are often use in foods that we eat.
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