World Vision and Save the Children Produce a Nutrition Barometer Putting India at the Bottom of the List

World Vision and Save the Children Produce a Nutrition Barometer Putting India at the Bottom of the List PR Newswire CHENNAI, September 21, 2012 CHENNAI, September 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Persistent Failure to Tackle Malnutrition Puts Millions of Children at Risk World Vision India and Save the Children are calling for political promises to be urgently translated into action to avert the deaths of millions of undernourished children, of which over 5000 die every day in India alone. The two organisations have launched a Nutrition Barometer which assesses governments' political, legal and financial commitments to tackling malnutrition in the 36 countries where 90% of the world's undernourished children live. Almost a quarter of these countries have shown little progress in tackling this silent crisis. Strikingly, India appears at the bottom of the list despite experiencing strong economic growth in the past few years. At the other end of the spectrum lies Peru, which has shown strong political resolve and has committed growing resources to fight child undernutrition, thus achieving results. Spectacular economic growth has not translated into better nutrition outcomes for many of India's children. India is along with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen in showing the weakest performance, with frail commitments and frail outcomes. Our neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh have fared better in the Nutrition Barometer.