How Stunting Hurts the Economy | Clean Water and Public Health | Dr. Ghazala Mansuri | Ep 195
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- Uzair talks to Dr. Ghazala Mansuri about Pakistan’s stunting crisis and its implications for the country’s future. We focused on key causes of stunting, the linkage with Pakistan’s water supply, and what the country can learn from other nations. The conversation also focused on climate change and its impact on human development, especially stunting.
Dr. Ghazala Mansuri is a Lead Economist for the South Asia Region and a Global Lead for the Welfare Impacts of Climate Change at the World Bank. Her work, at the intersection of research and policy, has been published in leading journals in economics and development, including the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies and the Review of Economics and Statistics. Her current research focuses on the effect of public policies on human development, and the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on the agri-food system and its implications for human health, poverty, and inequality. Her recent reports include When Water becomes a Hazard (2018), and the Pakistan Country Climate and Development Report (2022). She holds a PhD in economics from Boston University.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:05 Nature and scale of crisis
18:10 Water and stunting
25:50 Ways to solve for this
31:50 Climate change and stunting
48:50 What have other countries done?
55:30 What can the government do?
59:10 What can parents do?
1:09:00 Reading recommendations
Reading Recommendations
- An Agricultural Testament by Albert Howard
- The Soil and Health by Albert Howard
- Farmers of Forty Centuries by Franklin H. King
- Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization by David Montgomery
Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) are the main part of the Anganwadi Services (ICDS) program, which is run by the Government of India to provide early childhood care and development for children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. As of December 31, 2023, there were 13,48,135 AWWs in India
Thankyou @UzairYounus. Learned something today about the child development. 👍
Nice one uzair... Very well explained.
Hope to see you soon on shehzad's podcast, been long enough I guess.
A lot of South Indian Brahmanical customs are considered fastidious but they had a lot of science. People have to wash their feet before coming into the house. Different clothes for inside the house and a different for eating. Women bathe before cooking. The vastu system ensures the well was in on the diagonally opposite side of the cow-shed. There are specific diet for lactating mothers and that explains the relatively higher intelligence levels. Use of millets contributed to a lot of micro nutrients and minerals.
I'm a brahmin - not having eggs or meat sets generations back both physically and intellectually - we need to give eggs in mid-day meals
@@TheGrimStoic Most states are. Egg are no longer taboo. But pulses form the main source of protein for most Hindus. Coastal states are mostly fish eaters. Now a days Biryani hotels outnumber other hotels. Protein intake is going up.
@@TheGrimStoic Stunting as so nicely explained is caused/ prevented in the first 1000 days. We have in India what is called Anganwadi workers who are in the forefront of mother and child care. Lots need to be done of course
Which hospital @ 48:30?
Can we get granular stunting data by city, district and state in Pakistan? And compare this to stunting data by city, district and state in India and Bangladesh?
What cities, districts and states in Pakistan have best practices with respect to stunting.
Uzair, this was an amazing podcast. I have seen Dr. Mansuri's work and learned a lot from her.
India has a huge problem of residual antibiotics in eggs, poultry and even fish which are being farmed. Organic food, millets and natural farming is now big business in India. Free power has killed the soil in Punjab because of leaching.
Please keep your padestrian knowledge to yourself. Do you know what is the level of pesticides especially in chlorinated ones in soil, poultry and vegetables? Do know why India has banned the import of milk products and poultry from the US? India has lowest level of use of medicines and antibiotics are not stable under normal environmental conditions for more than 48 hours ...the claims you are finding against Indian products is a part of a toolkit of George Sorros and Christian missionaries...
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It is not just degrading the soil that Pakistan can't blame west, it us also the deforestation.
In India, forest cover was 18% of land mass in 1973. It is 23% now. In Pakistan the forest cover us close to 2% because for decades, unchecked deforestation was permitted. This has mych greater impact on climate than carbon footprint. Not desilting the water pipes before the monsoon also contributes to flooding. Unplanned houding societies blocking the normal route of water to the seas also contributes to flooding. Failure to make sufficient dams and checkdams also contributes to flooding. There is so much that Pakistan can do but chooses instead to overspend on its army and military pensions rather than improving the lives of its people.
Thank you Bhutto
Very well explained. Applies to India as much. Learnt a lot of new things.
Fenugreek (methi) is probably the crop that is used as feed for cattle and also methi seeds and methi leaves are good for human consumption too. Methi has a balancing effect on testosterone/estrogen levels, and it has good protein content too. Methi is traditionally used in Indian cooking; my grandfather used to soak methi seeds overnight and then drink the water next morning and chew the seeds; lived to be 97 and without any chronic health issues.
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COUSIN MARRIAGES in Pakistan are also a big reason for mental illnesses..
Cousin marriages was common in South Indian Hindus. (Nowadays much less) But that is more connected with congenital defects.
bhai weekly bnao ganjee
So why is Sindh so backward? This is a cradle of civilization.
God is testing the faith of every Pakistani. Keep your faith and God will shower Barkat on every Pakistani that we will be the envy of the world
🤣😂 you Pakistanis are funny people!! You are not even ashamed of begging to IMF, China and Saudis..