Education is accorded a high priority in development policy in most countries, including India.

This paper discusses health vulnerabilities of children in general followed by an analysis of data regarding health scenario of children below five years of age from

Education is a fundamental requirement for enhancing overall quality of individual and societal life.

On a hot summer’s day in 1982, while walking through a jungle path in Bankura, West Bengal, anthropologist Naraya

Undernourished women tend to deliver low birth weight babies (Karmer, 1987) and to have pregnancy complications (Baird, 1947). Perinatal mortality and prematurity rates were found to be high among short statured women (Barros, 1987).