Stunted by a growing problem

Tired and weaks: At an age when he should be in preschool, Shahadat Hussein lies on a hospital bed in Darbhanga, Bihar. — AFP

India needs to focus on providing more medical care and attention to its malnourished children.

AS another dangerously underweight child balances precariously on his set of scales, Dr Om Prakash knows he has to move fast to avert tragedy.