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Evidence has shown that adopting an integrated holistic approach to the designing of solutions is more effective at supporting recovery and development.
About PANChSHEEEL: Participatory Approach for Nutrition in Children: Strengthening Health, Education, Environment and Engineering Linkages. PANChSHEEEL is an inter-disciplinary MRC (Medical Research Council) funded study, designed to bring together partners from the UK (UCL) and India (SCI, IIT Delhi and JNU) to explore the Health-Education-Engineering-Environment factors that influence Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices and nutrition in India.
The World Bank identified under-prioritisation of nutrition and health education as a barrier to progress while the 2016-2030 global strategy emphasises the need to integrate multisector enablers that address education, gender, sanitation, water, agriculture and nutrition. India faces a triple burden of childhood malnutrition: 48% (61 million) under-five's are stunted, childhood obesity is on the rise, and most have a micronutrient deficiency. The Government of India has been implementing key nutrition and behaviour change interventions through three cadres of frontline workers but barriers include outreach, variable levels of sanitation, social-inequity and the feasibility and effectiveness of localised integration.