-Economic and Political Weekly
Vani Sethi (vsethi@unicef.org) is with the Child Development and Nutrition section of UNICEF India’s country office. Shivani Dar and Rabi N Parhi are with UNICEF’s Bihar field office. Arti Bhanot is an independent consultant. Saba Mebrahtu was former chief of the Child Development and Nutrition section at UNICEF India’s country office.
Vani Sethi (vsethi@unicef.org) is with the Child Development and Nutrition section of UNICEF India’s country office. Shivani Dar and Rabi N Parhi are with UNICEF’s Bihar field office. Arti Bhanot is an independent consultant. Saba Mebrahtu was former chief of the Child Development and Nutrition section at UNICEF India’s country office.
The prevalence of child stunting in Bihar is as high as 48%. This study of the immediate and underlying causes of stunting reveals that only 15 of Bihar’s 38 districts are on course to reach the global target of 40% reduction in child stunting by 2025, with some districts likely to take over 25 years to reach the target. The data disaggregation at the district level presented here can help district managers use publicly available data to design and strengthen nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programmes to lower the incidence of stunting.
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