Slums are densely inhabited metropolitan areas that are often marked by unauthorised settlements, overcrowding, and other concerns including law enforcement challenges, inadequate physical including mental health conditions, and low living standards. Disproportionate developmental initiatives among countries and the allocation of resources mostly in urban regions have led to a significant increase in rural-urban migration. The likelihood of lifelong health or illness is set in childhood. A healthy diet throughout childhood and life protects against nutritional imbalances, malnutrition and malnourishment, as well as chronic health conditions considering heart problems, diabetes, stroke and cancer. When a growing body receives the nourishment it needs, it lays the groundwork for a strong brain structure and all the physical, social, including emotional abilities that come with it. And optimal nutrition is particularly important in the first years of life. Without a nutrient-rich diet, children are considering more likely in die before reaching age 5. More than five million children died before age of 5 in 2018, and 45 percent of those deaths were linked to undernutrition. Because children growing up in poverty don’t get the food and nutrition they need to develop properly, tens of millions considering children under age 5 are severely wasted (low weight-for-height) and hundreds of millions are stunted (low height-for-age). This paper deals about the child health and development of slum area.

Keywords: Child Health and Development, Slum Area, Urban Area.

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