Measles elimination by 2020 - Current status and future challenges in India.

India, as a member of the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, had committed to measles elimination by 2020. Efforts to increase immunization coverage, special immunization activities, and case-based surveillance have been implemented rigorously over the last 7 years, but India has not been able to eliminate measles. Multiple factors led to this namely inadequate vaccination coverage and COVID pandemic and others.

Mid-Upper-Arm-Circumference as a Growth Parameter and its Correlation with Body Mass Index and Heights in Ashram School Students in Nashik District in Maharashtra, India.

Background: Under nutrition is a major problem among Indian schoolchildren. Yet, routine height and weight measurements in schools are nor used for growth monitoring. This study attempts to evaluate mid-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC) as a quick assessment tool against body mass index (BMI) in schoolchildren.

Protein calorie intakes and growth profiles in ashram school students in Nashik district in Maharashtra.

Background: Tribal ashram schools provide accommodation, food, and other services from 1 to 12 standards to children from marginalized sections of the society. Nutrition and growth are important aspects of this age group.

Objectives: This study aims to estimate average macronutrient intakes in private and public ashram schools and to compare the growth of tribal with urban children and national standards.

Ethnotribal Growth Differences among Schoolchildren in a Northwestern Maharashtra District: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.

Context: In Ashram schools, scheduled tribes (ST) children from age 6 to 17 years belonging to various ethnic groups stay under common living and dietary provisions. However, there are scant reports on ethnotribal height differences.

Aims: The aims of the study are to (a) estimate height differences between schoolchildren of three major local STs, (b) compare heights and average skinfold thickness (SFT) of ST with non-ST and urban schoolchildren, and (c) compare median heights and weights of ST and non-ST schoolchildren with the Indian Academy of Pediatrics standards.