In 2025, 37 per cent of children under 5 in India were stunted, 19.5 per cent wasted, and 34 per cent underweight, highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive nutrition interventions.

Action Against Hunger is one of the few NGOs in India focusing specifically on maternal and child health through a combination of nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific approaches. Working closely with communities in remote and hard-to-reach areas, our teams identify nutritional vulnerabilities, provide timely care, and empower families with knowledge to ensure healthier futures.

As well as Health and Nutrition, Action Against Hunger works on WASH and FSL, with programmes in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. In 2025–26, we reached 59,528 people across 163 villages. We screened 30,954 children under 5 for malnutrition, of whom 2,168 were identified and treated, while 19,568 pregnant and lactating women were supported through 18,094 home visits.

In 2025, addressing anaemia emerged as a major focus across new and expanded projects – particularly among adolescent girls and boys, as well as pregnant and lactating mothers. Through community screening, nutrition counselling, supplementation support, and behaviour change communication, our interventions worked to break the intergenerational cycle of undernutrition and poor maternal health.

Our Kangaroo Mother Care unit at HBT Medical College and Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai has supported over 500 preterm and low-birth-weight babies since 2023, improving survival and recovery outcomes through a family-centred approach. We also expanded into Chhattisgarh, refurbishing the Navpura Anganwadi Centre into a safe, engaging space for early childhood education,

Health and Nutrition in Gariaband district, strengthening early childhood development in Dhar and Baran, and continuing to support migrant families in Gujarat – reinforcing our commitment to holistic, community-led nutrition solutions.