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Aasim Khan Achint Kumar Arun Jadaun Dhruv Kulshrestha Hemendra Singh Jaidev Khatri Shikha Yadav
What is Malnutrition?
Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess (too high an intake), or in the wrong proportions.
A.
B.
Over nutrition
Indicators
Stunted: Low height-for-age. Also known as chronic malnutrition, Wasted: Low weight-for-height. Also known as acute malnutrition. Carries an immediate increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Underweight: Low weight for age. Represent inadequate linear growth and poor body proportions caused by under nutrition.
Every fifth young child in the world lives in India Every second young child in India is malnourished
CURRENT SCENARIO
49.8 43.7
42.5
39.9
20.4
India
Rajasthan
Underweight Children
Stunted Children
Wasted Children
Source- NFHS- 3
40.2 40.2
40
35
30
26.3
22.8
India Rajasthan
25
20
15
10
6.7 2.9
mild
moderate
severe
Source- NFHS- 3
14
10
12
India
10 8 6 4 2 0
Rajasthan
4.7 1
Source- NFHS- 3
48.9
37.2 32.9 26.3 21.1 17.3 20 22.8 18.2 9.6 10.3 9.6
India
25
20 15 10 5 0
12.9
15.8
Rajasthan
% whose mothers received counselling from an AWC after child was weighed
Source- NFHS- 3
46
50
40
30
20
10
children of 6-9 months receiving solid or semi solid food & breast milk
Source- NFHS- 3
GAPs
Current program lays more emphasis on the provision of supplementary feeding and preschool education to children four to six years old. Children under three years do not get micronutrient supplements Parents are not reached with counseling on better feeding and child care practices using family budget.
OBJECTIVES
To focus on supplementary feeding of children in 06 months. To improve parent and community participation. To improve monthly growth monitoring by interpersonal communication with the care takers.
STRATEGIES
ICDS
BCC
Severely Malnourished
Program Specification
Severely Malnourished
Identification Monitoring Mentoring Special Units: A. Three Meals B. Education and BCC
Program Specifications
Daily Meals IEC, BCC, Community Participation, Effective monitoring and evaluation Education and capacity building Sanitation ASHA along with Anganwadi Incentive based program
Interventions
References:
Fact Sheet (Nutrition and child health India) USAID Fact Sheet NFHS-3 Registrar General of India 2008 Census
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