VHAI Focuses on Food and Nutrition Security in India

Healthy and hygienic food and nutrition are the basic need of every citizen – no matter whether he/she is living below poverty line or belongs to elite class. For needy people, who are far from healthy diet and nutrition, focusing on Food and nutrition security in India is important that is based on various things. Various recognized societies, NGOs and organizations are working in this domain and providing with the right solutions.

Some renowned and non-profit organizations and groups are promoting and strengthen a medically rational, culturally acceptable and economically sustainable Health Care System in the country; while they ensure social justice, equity and human rights in the provision and distribution of health services to all along with emphasis on the less privileged millions.

In addition to this, they are also developing sustainable and innovative strategies to ensure health and overall community development in remote and vulnerable areas through various grass-root level initiatives.

For food and nutrition security in India, the most vital program to ensure everyone will get healthy diet and no wastage of food will take place. Various institutions are coming together or working in collaboration with top organizations and NGOs to help needy people fulfill their food and nutrition requirements.

VHAI Develops a Plan for Food and Nutrition Security in India

Voluntary Health Association of India or VHAI has been working on Food and Nutrition security in India helping people to get their food and nutrition. Being a non-profit and registered society formed in the year of 1970, VHAI is a federation of 27 State Voluntary Health Associations – linking together more than 4500 health and development institutions across the country.

It is one of the largest health and development networks in the world – advocating people centered policies for dynamic health planning and programme management in India. Their main motive is to build up a strong health movement in the Country for a cost-effective, preventive, promotive and rehabilitative health care system. They work towards a responsive public health sector; while they are responsible for private sector with accountability and quality service. The reputed and registered society has been promoting health issue of human rights and development.

VHAI has been working on the right health and nutrition security program in India – a project realizing the Right of Adequate Food and Nutrition – implemented in collaboration with CEA or Civic Engagement Alliance. CEA is a strategic partnership program supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs or MOFA.

Objective of the program is to enhance capacity of NGOs and women’s Federations to address the issues of malnutrition and contributing towards achieving the SDG 2 or Zero Hunger, SDG 5 or Gender equality and SDG 10 or reducing inequality. It is a program organized to liaison with stakeholder departments for effective implementation of nutrition related schemes and a multi-sectoral approach to address the issue of malnutrition.