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From fighting hunger to building health

From fighting hunger to building health
Countries
BrazilChinaEthiopiaIndiaIndonesia
Cooperation areas
Inclusive MultilateralismInstitutional DevelopmentSustainable Development

Source: The Hindu | Original Published At: 2026-09-15 19:25:00 UTC

Key Points

  • The BRICS Summit 2026 launched the BRICS Mission for Healthy Lifestyle and endorsed the BRICS Roadmap for the Joint Initiative on Healthy Lifestyle Promotion (2026-2029).
  • A Compendium of Replicable Best Practices on Healthy Lifestyle was also referenced as part of the BRICS initiative.
  • The article says BRICS countries face a compressed nutrition transition, with undernutrition and diet-related non-communicable diseases rising together.
  • It argues that agriculture, food, nutrition and health policies need to be coordinated rather than working in silos.
  • The piece recommends that India extend its nutrition focus from the first 1,000 days to childhood and adolescence, using schools as a preventive-health setting.
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