Multisectoral Convergence of Food, Nutrition and Sanitation Programs for Child Health: Evidence From Country‐Level Programs in India

Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth and Prabhu Pingali

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2026, vol. 48, issue 2, 424-434

Abstract: This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three. Our findings reveal that children benefiting from both interventions had significantly higher hemoglobin levels (by 0.08 g/dL or more) than those without. Such a policy convergence is key to reducing anemia and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals for improved nutrition and sanitation. We estimate that it could potentially transition 2130–6711 children out of anemia. Our results are consistent across wealth and place of residence, and robust to changes in model specifications.

Date: 2026
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.70042

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:apecpp:v:48:y:2026:i:2:p:424-434

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy from John Wiley & Sons
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().