Barwani district has a population of over 1.3 million people, 70% of whom are tribal groups. The district faces health challenges including low rates of antenatal care (26.3%), full immunization of children (41.8%), and high levels of stunting (31%) and underweight children (38%). To address malnutrition, the district is focusing programs on underage mothers, low birth weight babies, and implementing convergence with the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana to improve health access.

1. BUILDING HEALTHIER WORLD
WITH INNOVATION : HEALTH
FOR ALL
JAYATI SINGH
IAS 2016
ASSISTANT COLLECTOR, BARWANI

2. BARWANI DISTRICT
HISTORY
SUBDIVISION -4
NUMBER OF BLOCKS -7
NUMBER OF TEHIL -9
POPULATION PROFILE
13,85,881,
70.3% Tribal, 6.3% SC
Males 699,340
Females 686,541
OCCUPATION PROFILE
Census 2011, Agriculture
Labor outnumber
Agriculture cultivators
AREA 5,427 km square

3. HEALTH AND NUTRITION
• Percentage of women receiving ANC – 26.3%
• Percentage of children fully immunized – 41.8%
• Sex Ratio at birth- 885
• Percentage of stunted children (under 5)- 31%
• Percentage of underweight children (under 5)- 38%
• Percentage of children breastfed in one hour of birth -46.5%
• Issues
• Vicious cycle of underage mother, low birth weight babies
• Migration
• Access, Terrain , No concentrated program on Malnutrition

12. CONVERGENCE WITH DEEN DAYAL
UPADHAYA JYOTI YOJANA