Port Blair, Aug 27: As part of ongoing Kuposhan Mukt Panchayat campaign to eradicate malnutrition across the North & Middle Andaman, which was launched by the District Administration on 23rd July 2024. In this account a series of initiatives were taken by ICDS Project Rangat to improve the nutritional status of malnourished children.
These efforts include comprehensive nutritional and educational programmes such as distribution of Poshan Kits, weekly growth monitoring of children, home visit of malnourished children by Anganwadi workers, Lady Supervisors, ANMs and fortnight visits along with PRI members. The severely acute malnourished children and severely stunted children were referred to child specialists for further medical interventions. Conducted mother meeting along with community participation for behavioral change communication in understanding the perspective of malnutrition and hygiene.
This Project also conducted the appetite test in all Anganwadi centers along with PRI members. An appetite test is used to help determine the risk of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The Buddy mother concept was developed in all Anganwadi Centres in which healthy mothers become buddies to malnourished children mothers in the same Anganwadi Center with an aim to fill up the gaps of best practices of healthy mother for nurturing children.
This led to a measurable progress in reducing malnutrition rate. Total 187 Nos of awareness were conducted from Baratang to Mayabunder under this Project and similar awareness programmes will be carried out in the coming months to eradicate malnutrition from ICDS Project Rangat.
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