Evidence of CMAM

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Within a few days, the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome that has been rampant in Muzaffarpur, Bihar had claimed lives of more than 110 children in the state. This is one of its kind, but there had been various assumptions regarding the same. The intake of unripe litchis is being called as the main reason for deaths. But is it true? Or litchis just added fuel to fire.
In the year 2012-2013, a two-member team headed by virologist Dr T. Jacob John suspected, and then next year confirmed, litchi fruit contained a the toxin which was responsible for causing the hypoglycaemic encephalopathy (The Hindu, 19 June’ 2019). But the current data also shows that the unripe litchi intake did not affect the nourished or healthy children, it affected the poor malnourished children who did not have food night before which makes the blood sugar level to drop and the toxic reacts differently.
 A malnourished body is unfit to fight any bacteria or virus due to the low level of immunity, the SAM children have 9-20 times more risk of dying than a non-SAM child. India houses more than half of the malnourished under 5 children across the globe. The situation in Muzaffarpur could be anywhere in the country if the number of malnourished children keep increasing every year.
Malnutrition in India is among the major causes of death of children under the age of six. The NFHS-4 data reveal the status of Malnutrition is extreme in 12 states of the country, higher than the national average of 7.5%. Many children are unable to reach their potential age, height and weight due to the lack of nutrition in their dietary requirement and some are born malnourished as the mother are suffering from lack of nutrition. Nuflower works towards diminishing this nutritional gap and providing a healthy life to the children with SAM and MAM.
Nuflower is a nutritional supplement manufacturing company that produces Ready to use therapeutic food and Ready to use supplementary food for Severe Acute Malnourished Children and Moderate Acute Malnourished Children respectively. There is a growing body of medical research which points to the positive impact Ready-To-Use Therapeutic food has on anthropometric, physiological and functional (including immunological) recovery of SAM-afflicted children. Such positive externalities are attested by the pilot studies done in various Indian states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha, etc., with RUTF, found effective in dealing with cases of child stunting and wasting. 


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