Comments on: More food for thought http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/health/2009/more-food-for-thought.html Life and Politics in Democratic Bhutan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jambay Dorji http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/health/2009/more-food-for-thought.html#comment-7239 Jambay Dorji Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:11:11 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1469#comment-7239 We need to look at our healthcare system through the perspective of different lens. We need to look at our healthcare system through the perspective of different lens.

]]> By: Zekom http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/health/2009/more-food-for-thought.html#comment-3236 Zekom Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:31:11 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1469#comment-3236 Reducing poverty, especially rural poverty, is an obvious answer. But, children cannot wait for Drukyul to get richer. Our nation's future is being made NOW. Wage a WAR AGAINST MALNUTRITION. Take the nourishing food to where the children and infants are -- in schools and beyond schools -- targeting the nutrition and trace elements missing in their diet. Make sure to measure outcomes, in physical growth rates of beneficiary children, very frequently. You'll be amazed how fast it works, if it's done right. There's nothing better than rapid positive results to fuel the FIRE in change agents' belly, and inspire others to join hands. Countries such as UK, Germany and Japan benefited from such programmes after the World War II. Concentrated orange juice and cod liver oil were delivered to every household with children under certain age in UK. Milk and various sources of vitamins were delivered to every infant and school lunches in Japan. Who financed these? USA. It was the top priority in their postwar reconstruction assistance efforts. Recruit UNiCEF, UN World Food Programme, and other UN agencies as partners, and tap their global know-how on how to do it and do it right. Where there is a will, there is a way. Reducing poverty, especially rural poverty, is an obvious answer.

But, children cannot wait for Drukyul to get richer. Our nation’s future is being made NOW.

Wage a WAR AGAINST MALNUTRITION. Take the nourishing food to where the children and infants are — in schools and beyond schools — targeting the nutrition and trace elements missing in their diet.

Make sure to measure outcomes, in physical growth rates of beneficiary children, very frequently. You’ll be amazed how fast it works, if it’s done right. There’s nothing better than rapid positive results to fuel the FIRE in change agents’ belly, and inspire others to join hands.

Countries such as UK, Germany and Japan benefited from such programmes after the World War II. Concentrated orange juice and cod liver oil were delivered to every household with children under certain age in UK. Milk and various sources of vitamins were delivered to every infant and school lunches in Japan. Who financed these? USA. It was the top priority in their postwar reconstruction assistance efforts.

Recruit UNiCEF, UN World Food Programme, and other UN agencies as partners, and tap their global know-how on how to do it and do it right.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

]]> By: easter http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/health/2009/more-food-for-thought.html#comment-3233 easter Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:16:27 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1469#comment-3233 Yes...its true and the situation has not improved in Bhutan. Numbers may be wrong but i am sure 30% is the right figure. life in villages are tough and back then in our village a meal of pure rice is something which we could count and keep record of. The situation is no better now even though farm roads have reached and the mobile towers are overlooking our beautiful hills. now just see from where a children of such families would get balanced diet. Yes…its true and the situation has not improved in Bhutan. Numbers may be wrong but i am sure 30% is the right figure.
life in villages are tough and back then in our village a meal of pure rice is something which we could count and keep record of. The situation is no better now even though farm roads have reached and the mobile towers are overlooking our beautiful hills.
now just see from where a children of such families would get balanced diet.

]]> By: di http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/health/2009/more-food-for-thought.html#comment-3232 di Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:11:21 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1469#comment-3232 that it may be overlapping figures occurred to me too, but I wanted to cross check once. It isn't clear but i think they are separate categories. Whatever the case, a total of 50 percent of the children in these categories, or thirty, whatever, is bad. Strange thing is that our poverty percentages are lower. Does that mean that we are not assessing poverty correctly, because people who are not getting enough or right food should fall under the line, right? otherwise what is the point of having a poverty line? You are right, it is an important issue. And its a shame, because we are so few people, we should be able to take care of each other. that it may be overlapping figures occurred to me too, but I wanted to cross check once. It isn’t clear but i think they are separate categories. Whatever the case, a total of 50 percent of the children in these categories, or thirty, whatever, is bad. Strange thing is that our poverty percentages are lower. Does that mean that we are not assessing poverty correctly, because people who are not getting enough or right food should fall under the line, right? otherwise what is the point of having a poverty line? You are right, it is an important issue. And its a shame, because we are so few people, we should be able to take care of each other.

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