Pranav Kamble’s problems go back to before he was born. A low-birth-weight baby, by 14 months old, Pranav has been hospitalized more than 10 times.
“He weighed less than 2,500 grams during birth,” says health care worker Shubhangi Kamble — not related — who has been monitoring his health. That’s less than a pumpkin.
Since he fell ill so frequently, Kamble investigated more to find out what led to this. Through her detailed handwritten records, she found that Pranav’s mother, Ashwini, 31, was malnourished during her pregnancy, which led to his poor health.
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Sanket Jain
Sanket Jain is an award-winning independent journalist and documentary photographer based in western India’s Maharashtra state. He is a senior People’s Archive of Rural India and an Earth Journalism Network fellow. His work has appeared in more than 35 publications. Sanket is the recipient of the Covering Climate Now Award, One World Media Award, New York University’s Online Journalism Award, and several other national and international awards.
