The document discusses malnutrition in India and proposes establishing Nutrition-Health Centers and mobile units to address this issue. Some key points:
- India has high levels of malnutrition, with over 50% of children underweight or stunted. This costs India's economy billions annually.
- Malnutrition is caused by factors like poor diets, sanitation, healthcare access, and lack of awareness, especially among women.
- The proposed policy would create Nutrition-Health Centers and mobile units to monitor and treat malnutrition across districts. These centers would conduct surveys, analyze data, provide nutritional supplements and education.
- Mobile units would visit communities regularly to collect data, examine people, distribute supplements, and raise awareness.
This document summarizes a sensitization program on the MAA (Mothers' Absolute Affection) program held in New Delhi, India. The program was led by several doctors and highlighted the features of the MAA program, which aims to improve breastfeeding practices. It discusses the importance of early and exclusive breastfeeding for child survival, nutrition, and health. The document also reviews breastfeeding positioning, management of diarrhea with ORS and zinc, and continued breastfeeding during illness.
The document discusses malnutrition in India and proposes solutions through programs called "Mother's Home" and a "Morning Meal Scheme." It notes that malnutrition is a major problem in India, with many children underweight or stunted. Mother's Home would provide pregnant women with nutritious food, supplements, health monitoring, skills training, and transportation to reduce malnutrition. The Morning Meal Scheme would provide breakfast to schoolchildren to enrich their growth. Both aim to address malnutrition by improving diets, healthcare access, and awareness.
Post-survey
(Appendix 2)
will be given
to the kids
after 6
months of
using the
cookbook to
assess
nutrition
knowledge
retention and
cooking skill
development.
Concrete:
The recipes
are broken
down into
easy steps
with pictures
to follow.
This was done as a student presentation using photographs & content from various web sites & textbooks on the assumption of fair usage for studying & is for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes.
Undernutrition is the leading cause of illness and death globally, accounting for millions of deaths per year especially in young children. India has numerous direct and indirect government programs to address undernutrition, including the Integrated Child Development Services scheme, midday meal programs, and programs focused on vitamin and mineral deficiencies. These programs aim to improve nutrition, health, and development outcomes for children, pregnant women, and other at-risk groups. However, undernutrition remains a major challenge and continued efforts are needed to meet national nutritional goals.
This document discusses several large-scale nutrition programs run by the Indian government. It provides details on the Vitamin A Prophylaxis Programme, programs to address nutritional anemia and iodine deficiency, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, and Mid-Day Meal programs. The ICDS is described as one of the world's largest programs for early childhood development, providing services like supplementary nutrition, immunization, health checkups, and preschool education to children under 6, pregnant and lactating women. It is implemented through anganwadi centers at the village level. The Mid-Day Meal programs aim to improve school attendance and nutrition by providing meals to children in primary schools.
Supplementary nutritional programmes in indiaDrBabu Meena
This document summarizes India's national nutrition programs and the state of undernutrition in the country. It discusses programs like the Integrated Child Development Services scheme and mid-day meal program that provide supplementary nutrition to children, pregnant/nursing women. Despite these programs, 46% of children under-3 are underweight and 38% are stunted. It highlights issues like lack of monitoring and hygiene in mid-day meal kitchens that have led to poisoning incidents. Overall, the national nutrition programs aim to address undernutrition but face challenges in proper implementation and monitoring.
This document summarizes a sensitization program on the MAA (Mothers' Absolute Affection) program held in New Delhi, India. The program was led by several doctors and highlighted the features of the MAA program, which aims to improve breastfeeding practices. It discusses the importance of early and exclusive breastfeeding for child survival, nutrition, and health. The document also reviews breastfeeding positioning, management of diarrhea with ORS and zinc, and continued breastfeeding during illness.
The document discusses malnutrition in India and proposes solutions through programs called "Mother's Home" and a "Morning Meal Scheme." It notes that malnutrition is a major problem in India, with many children underweight or stunted. Mother's Home would provide pregnant women with nutritious food, supplements, health monitoring, skills training, and transportation to reduce malnutrition. The Morning Meal Scheme would provide breakfast to schoolchildren to enrich their growth. Both aim to address malnutrition by improving diets, healthcare access, and awareness.
Post-survey
(Appendix 2)
will be given
to the kids
after 6
months of
using the
cookbook to
assess
nutrition
knowledge
retention and
cooking skill
development.
Concrete:
The recipes
are broken
down into
easy steps
with pictures
to follow.
This was done as a student presentation using photographs & content from various web sites & textbooks on the assumption of fair usage for studying & is for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes.
Undernutrition is the leading cause of illness and death globally, accounting for millions of deaths per year especially in young children. India has numerous direct and indirect government programs to address undernutrition, including the Integrated Child Development Services scheme, midday meal programs, and programs focused on vitamin and mineral deficiencies. These programs aim to improve nutrition, health, and development outcomes for children, pregnant women, and other at-risk groups. However, undernutrition remains a major challenge and continued efforts are needed to meet national nutritional goals.
This document discusses several large-scale nutrition programs run by the Indian government. It provides details on the Vitamin A Prophylaxis Programme, programs to address nutritional anemia and iodine deficiency, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, and Mid-Day Meal programs. The ICDS is described as one of the world's largest programs for early childhood development, providing services like supplementary nutrition, immunization, health checkups, and preschool education to children under 6, pregnant and lactating women. It is implemented through anganwadi centers at the village level. The Mid-Day Meal programs aim to improve school attendance and nutrition by providing meals to children in primary schools.
Supplementary nutritional programmes in indiaDrBabu Meena
This document summarizes India's national nutrition programs and the state of undernutrition in the country. It discusses programs like the Integrated Child Development Services scheme and mid-day meal program that provide supplementary nutrition to children, pregnant/nursing women. Despite these programs, 46% of children under-3 are underweight and 38% are stunted. It highlights issues like lack of monitoring and hygiene in mid-day meal kitchens that have led to poisoning incidents. Overall, the national nutrition programs aim to address undernutrition but face challenges in proper implementation and monitoring.
India is the second rank in population and developing in the world. It leads to other countries by own Scio-economic, cultural way. Any country health affects growth in their average expectancy and various socioeconomic indicators like Human Development Index, Multidimensional Poverty Index, and Gross Domestic Product per capita other way reducing the burden of disease. Children, pregnant and lactating women are the most affected with a reduction in cognitive and physical growth and prone to unhealthy which directly affect the productivity of the country. After independence in Indian constitute have a provision in part -IV (Article -45, 47) development of nutritional strategies and intervention in the five-year plans. Hence Government has devised several nutrition programmes like National Nutritional Anaemia Prophylaxis Programme, National Goitre Control Programme, National, Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme, Midday Meal Programme, Applied nutrition Programme, Akshaya Patra Program. The activities in each program have been seen and its impact assessed by various evaluation programs and it was found that these programmes helped the nation. They helped to provide the proper nutrition to the children and women. The implementation of these principles, together with intensification of public health and primary care services, offers an approach to ensure more equitable health care for India’s population. Keywords: India, nutritional programs, Article-45, 47
The nutrition section is responsible for Nepal's national nutrition program. Its goals are to improve nutritional status and contribute to socioeconomic development. Major issues include stunting, wasting, anemia, and vitamin deficiencies. Programs promote breastfeeding, supplementation, food fortification, and management of malnutrition. Significant progress has been made in reducing stunting, anemia, and iodine and vitamin A deficiencies. However, challenges remain to meet global nutrition targets by 2025.
Working multisectorally to improve maternal and child nutrition in India: Odi...POSHAN-IFPRI
The document summarizes Odisha's strategies for improving maternal and child nutrition through multisectoral collaboration. Key strategies include strengthening delivery systems like ICDS, collaborating across sectors like health and agriculture, decentralizing nutrition programs through self-help groups, and targeting vulnerable groups in high burden districts through district-specific planning. Mechanisms for convergence include nutrition councils, joint monitoring committees, and engaging communities through mothers' committees and growth monitoring. The impact of these efforts is seen in improved indicators for infant and young child feeding practices, immunization coverage, and reduced malnutrition according to survey data.
The document discusses several community nutrition programmes in India that aim to improve nutrition among vulnerable groups. It describes the objectives and services provided by key programmes like the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme and Mid-Day Meal Scheme. ICDS provides supplementary nutrition, immunization, health check-ups and education to children under 6, pregnant/nursing mothers. It has shown positive impacts like reduced malnutrition and school dropout rates. The Mid-Day Meal Scheme provides free lunches to over 100 million school-going children, improving nutrition and increasing school attendance and completion.
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is India's largest program for early childhood care and development. It aims to holistically address the health, nutrition, and development needs of young children, adolescent girls, and mothers. Launched in 1975, ICDS now operates over 5 lakh centers serving over 37 million people. It provides supplementary nutrition, immunizations, health checkups, preschool education, and nutrition/health education to children under 6, adolescent girls, and pregnant/nursing mothers. ICDS aims to improve health, reduce malnutrition, support early learning, and empower women and girls. It is implemented through Anganwadi centers staffed by frontline workers.
The National Nutrition Policy of Nepal from 2004 aims to improve nutrition nationwide by reducing malnutrition rates. The key objectives are reducing protein-energy malnutrition, anemia, iodine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, and intestinal worm infestation among children and women. The policy outlines strategies like community participation, advocacy, research, and multi-sector coordination to achieve its overall goal of ensuring nutritional well-being for all Nepalis. While programs have scaled up infant and young child feeding, coverage of interventions remains low and nutrition surveys need to be conducted more routinely. Strengthening food security and fully implementing breastfeeding recommendations could help address remaining weaknesses in Nepal's efforts to improve public health through nutrition.
POSHAN District Nutrition Profiles_Guide to DNPsPOSHAN
POSHAN District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) draw on diverse sources of data to compile a set of indicators on the state of nutrition and its cross-sectoral determinants. The profiles are intended to be conversation-starters at the district level and to enable discussions about why undernutrition levels are high, and which factors, at multiple levels, might need to be addressed to improve nutrition.
PLEASE NOTE that this guide uses the example of Bihar. POSHAN is regularly tracking data sources as they are released and updating the profiles accordingly.
This document summarizes India's national nutrition policy and status. It discusses that calorie intake is lower in rural vs. urban areas and that poverty perpetuates poor nutrition. The policy focuses on direct interventions like nutrition programs for vulnerable groups, food fortification, and controlling micronutrient deficiencies as well as indirect long-term strategies like ensuring food security, improving diets, purchasing power, and the public distribution system. It also outlines developments under India's 11th and 12th five-year plans and constraints facing effective policy implementation like lack of a dedicated ministry and weak program delivery.
The National Nutritional Policy adopted in 1993 aims to achieve optimal nutrition for all sections of Indian society, with priority given to vulnerable groups like women, children, and mothers. The policy recognizes malnutrition as a multisectoral issue requiring action across areas like food production, health, agriculture, and education. It sets goals like reducing child malnutrition, low birth weight, and micronutrient deficiencies. The policy pursues these goals through direct interventions like expanding safety nets and nutrition programs, as well as indirect strategies like ensuring food security, improving diets, and increasing health and nutrition awareness.
This document provides an overview of various national health programmes in India related to child care. It discusses programmes such as the Integrated Child Development Services scheme, Mid Day Meal programme, Vitamin-A prophylaxis programme, National Diarrhoeal Disease Control Programme, and others. The objectives, components and activities of these programmes are described, which aim to improve child health, prevent diseases and malnutrition, and promote maternal and child health. The roles of healthcare workers in implementing school health programmes are also covered.
Community Nutrition Programmes in India Sujatha Sathananthansujatha sathananthan
The document discusses various community nutrition programmes in India that target vulnerable groups like children, women of reproductive age, pregnant and lactating mothers. It describes the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the largest outreach programme, and its components like Anganwadi centres, workers, services provided and training. It details the national nutrition programmes, supplementary nutrition provided under ICDS, health check-ups, pre-school education and convergence with health departments. It also discusses the Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls.
Presented by Muntita Hambayi
Presented at Report Launch "Mapping Linkages Between Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi"
Ufulu Gardens, 28th April, 2015
National Nutrition Strategy (NNS) has been published by NITI Aayog in 2017. The salient features of the National Nutrition Strategy are as follows:
Vision 2022: “Kuposhan Mukt Bharat”.
Rahman 2a areas of interventions in national nutrition servicesSizwan Ahammed
The document summarizes areas of intervention for national nutrition services in Bangladesh. It discusses the major public health nutrition problems the country faces and outlines the life-cycle approach the services will take. It describes the roles of different frontline workers and details components of the nutrition services operation plan, including direct interventions, cross-cutting issues, indicators, budgets, and goals to reduce malnutrition among children and women.
The document discusses India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program. It provides an overview of the objectives, beneficiaries, services, funding, and implementation structure of ICDS. The key points are:
1) ICDS aims to improve child health, nutrition, and development for children under 6 years old. It provides supplementary nutrition, immunizations, health checkups, and non-formal education.
2) ICDS beneficiaries include children under 6, pregnant and lactating mothers, and adolescent girls. Services are provided through Anganwadi centers run by frontline workers.
3) The program is jointly funded by central and state governments. Implementation involves Anganwadi workers, supervisors,
This document discusses nutritional surveys and their evaluation. It begins by defining nutrition and nutritional surveys. Nutritional surveys are important for identifying at-risk groups, developing health programs, and measuring program effectiveness. The document then discusses methods of assessing nutritional status, including anthropometric measurements, biochemical tests, clinical exams, and dietary evaluations. It provides examples of nutritional surveys and indicators used in different countries and in India, where undernutrition and new lifestyle-related diseases are both problems. Major nutritional programs in India are also mentioned.
Nutrition related programmes & PitfallsKunal Modak
The document discusses India's history of nutrition programs and current status of malnutrition. It outlines several national programs established since the 1970s to address undernutrition, including the Integrated Child Development Services program, adolescent girls' schemes, and programs focused on micronutrient deficiencies. The document also discusses pitfalls faced in program implementation such as lack of community participation and intersectoral coordination. Current priorities include reducing childhood stunting and anemia prevalence through improved counseling and rehabilitation efforts.
The document discusses issues related to drinking water quality in India. It notes that around 37.7 million Indians are affected by waterborne diseases annually, 1.5 million children die of diarrhea alone, and 73 million working days are lost to waterborne diseases each year. This results in an estimated economic burden of $900 million per year. Some of the key issues discussed are water scarcity, depletion of groundwater, water pollution, uneven distribution, and lack of safe drinking water access even after 66 years of independence. Causes mentioned include poor management, unclear laws, government corruption, industrial and human waste, overpopulation, and lack of public awareness. The document provides suggestions for improving the situation through vocational education programs, public awareness
- The document discusses issues related to primary education in India such as high enrollment rates but increasing dropout rates, especially among girls aged 11-14.
- Statistics show that on average, 37.7% of students from class 1 to 8 cannot read at a 2nd class level. The main causes for this are poverty, lack of facilities in schools, unavailable secondary schools, and untrained teachers.
- Several initiatives are proposed to improve access to education, such as specially designed programs for out-of-school children, strengthening policies to realize universal education, and better collaboration between the government and NGOs.
India is the second rank in population and developing in the world. It leads to other countries by own Scio-economic, cultural way. Any country health affects growth in their average expectancy and various socioeconomic indicators like Human Development Index, Multidimensional Poverty Index, and Gross Domestic Product per capita other way reducing the burden of disease. Children, pregnant and lactating women are the most affected with a reduction in cognitive and physical growth and prone to unhealthy which directly affect the productivity of the country. After independence in Indian constitute have a provision in part -IV (Article -45, 47) development of nutritional strategies and intervention in the five-year plans. Hence Government has devised several nutrition programmes like National Nutritional Anaemia Prophylaxis Programme, National Goitre Control Programme, National, Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme, Midday Meal Programme, Applied nutrition Programme, Akshaya Patra Program. The activities in each program have been seen and its impact assessed by various evaluation programs and it was found that these programmes helped the nation. They helped to provide the proper nutrition to the children and women. The implementation of these principles, together with intensification of public health and primary care services, offers an approach to ensure more equitable health care for India’s population. Keywords: India, nutritional programs, Article-45, 47
The nutrition section is responsible for Nepal's national nutrition program. Its goals are to improve nutritional status and contribute to socioeconomic development. Major issues include stunting, wasting, anemia, and vitamin deficiencies. Programs promote breastfeeding, supplementation, food fortification, and management of malnutrition. Significant progress has been made in reducing stunting, anemia, and iodine and vitamin A deficiencies. However, challenges remain to meet global nutrition targets by 2025.
Working multisectorally to improve maternal and child nutrition in India: Odi...POSHAN-IFPRI
The document summarizes Odisha's strategies for improving maternal and child nutrition through multisectoral collaboration. Key strategies include strengthening delivery systems like ICDS, collaborating across sectors like health and agriculture, decentralizing nutrition programs through self-help groups, and targeting vulnerable groups in high burden districts through district-specific planning. Mechanisms for convergence include nutrition councils, joint monitoring committees, and engaging communities through mothers' committees and growth monitoring. The impact of these efforts is seen in improved indicators for infant and young child feeding practices, immunization coverage, and reduced malnutrition according to survey data.
The document discusses several community nutrition programmes in India that aim to improve nutrition among vulnerable groups. It describes the objectives and services provided by key programmes like the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme and Mid-Day Meal Scheme. ICDS provides supplementary nutrition, immunization, health check-ups and education to children under 6, pregnant/nursing mothers. It has shown positive impacts like reduced malnutrition and school dropout rates. The Mid-Day Meal Scheme provides free lunches to over 100 million school-going children, improving nutrition and increasing school attendance and completion.
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is India's largest program for early childhood care and development. It aims to holistically address the health, nutrition, and development needs of young children, adolescent girls, and mothers. Launched in 1975, ICDS now operates over 5 lakh centers serving over 37 million people. It provides supplementary nutrition, immunizations, health checkups, preschool education, and nutrition/health education to children under 6, adolescent girls, and pregnant/nursing mothers. ICDS aims to improve health, reduce malnutrition, support early learning, and empower women and girls. It is implemented through Anganwadi centers staffed by frontline workers.
The National Nutrition Policy of Nepal from 2004 aims to improve nutrition nationwide by reducing malnutrition rates. The key objectives are reducing protein-energy malnutrition, anemia, iodine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, and intestinal worm infestation among children and women. The policy outlines strategies like community participation, advocacy, research, and multi-sector coordination to achieve its overall goal of ensuring nutritional well-being for all Nepalis. While programs have scaled up infant and young child feeding, coverage of interventions remains low and nutrition surveys need to be conducted more routinely. Strengthening food security and fully implementing breastfeeding recommendations could help address remaining weaknesses in Nepal's efforts to improve public health through nutrition.
POSHAN District Nutrition Profiles_Guide to DNPsPOSHAN
POSHAN District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) draw on diverse sources of data to compile a set of indicators on the state of nutrition and its cross-sectoral determinants. The profiles are intended to be conversation-starters at the district level and to enable discussions about why undernutrition levels are high, and which factors, at multiple levels, might need to be addressed to improve nutrition.
PLEASE NOTE that this guide uses the example of Bihar. POSHAN is regularly tracking data sources as they are released and updating the profiles accordingly.
This document summarizes India's national nutrition policy and status. It discusses that calorie intake is lower in rural vs. urban areas and that poverty perpetuates poor nutrition. The policy focuses on direct interventions like nutrition programs for vulnerable groups, food fortification, and controlling micronutrient deficiencies as well as indirect long-term strategies like ensuring food security, improving diets, purchasing power, and the public distribution system. It also outlines developments under India's 11th and 12th five-year plans and constraints facing effective policy implementation like lack of a dedicated ministry and weak program delivery.
The National Nutritional Policy adopted in 1993 aims to achieve optimal nutrition for all sections of Indian society, with priority given to vulnerable groups like women, children, and mothers. The policy recognizes malnutrition as a multisectoral issue requiring action across areas like food production, health, agriculture, and education. It sets goals like reducing child malnutrition, low birth weight, and micronutrient deficiencies. The policy pursues these goals through direct interventions like expanding safety nets and nutrition programs, as well as indirect strategies like ensuring food security, improving diets, and increasing health and nutrition awareness.
This document provides an overview of various national health programmes in India related to child care. It discusses programmes such as the Integrated Child Development Services scheme, Mid Day Meal programme, Vitamin-A prophylaxis programme, National Diarrhoeal Disease Control Programme, and others. The objectives, components and activities of these programmes are described, which aim to improve child health, prevent diseases and malnutrition, and promote maternal and child health. The roles of healthcare workers in implementing school health programmes are also covered.
Community Nutrition Programmes in India Sujatha Sathananthansujatha sathananthan
The document discusses various community nutrition programmes in India that target vulnerable groups like children, women of reproductive age, pregnant and lactating mothers. It describes the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the largest outreach programme, and its components like Anganwadi centres, workers, services provided and training. It details the national nutrition programmes, supplementary nutrition provided under ICDS, health check-ups, pre-school education and convergence with health departments. It also discusses the Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls.
Presented by Muntita Hambayi
Presented at Report Launch "Mapping Linkages Between Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi"
Ufulu Gardens, 28th April, 2015
National Nutrition Strategy (NNS) has been published by NITI Aayog in 2017. The salient features of the National Nutrition Strategy are as follows:
Vision 2022: “Kuposhan Mukt Bharat”.
Rahman 2a areas of interventions in national nutrition servicesSizwan Ahammed
The document summarizes areas of intervention for national nutrition services in Bangladesh. It discusses the major public health nutrition problems the country faces and outlines the life-cycle approach the services will take. It describes the roles of different frontline workers and details components of the nutrition services operation plan, including direct interventions, cross-cutting issues, indicators, budgets, and goals to reduce malnutrition among children and women.
The document discusses India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program. It provides an overview of the objectives, beneficiaries, services, funding, and implementation structure of ICDS. The key points are:
1) ICDS aims to improve child health, nutrition, and development for children under 6 years old. It provides supplementary nutrition, immunizations, health checkups, and non-formal education.
2) ICDS beneficiaries include children under 6, pregnant and lactating mothers, and adolescent girls. Services are provided through Anganwadi centers run by frontline workers.
3) The program is jointly funded by central and state governments. Implementation involves Anganwadi workers, supervisors,
This document discusses nutritional surveys and their evaluation. It begins by defining nutrition and nutritional surveys. Nutritional surveys are important for identifying at-risk groups, developing health programs, and measuring program effectiveness. The document then discusses methods of assessing nutritional status, including anthropometric measurements, biochemical tests, clinical exams, and dietary evaluations. It provides examples of nutritional surveys and indicators used in different countries and in India, where undernutrition and new lifestyle-related diseases are both problems. Major nutritional programs in India are also mentioned.
Nutrition related programmes & PitfallsKunal Modak
The document discusses India's history of nutrition programs and current status of malnutrition. It outlines several national programs established since the 1970s to address undernutrition, including the Integrated Child Development Services program, adolescent girls' schemes, and programs focused on micronutrient deficiencies. The document also discusses pitfalls faced in program implementation such as lack of community participation and intersectoral coordination. Current priorities include reducing childhood stunting and anemia prevalence through improved counseling and rehabilitation efforts.
The document discusses issues related to drinking water quality in India. It notes that around 37.7 million Indians are affected by waterborne diseases annually, 1.5 million children die of diarrhea alone, and 73 million working days are lost to waterborne diseases each year. This results in an estimated economic burden of $900 million per year. Some of the key issues discussed are water scarcity, depletion of groundwater, water pollution, uneven distribution, and lack of safe drinking water access even after 66 years of independence. Causes mentioned include poor management, unclear laws, government corruption, industrial and human waste, overpopulation, and lack of public awareness. The document provides suggestions for improving the situation through vocational education programs, public awareness
- The document discusses issues related to primary education in India such as high enrollment rates but increasing dropout rates, especially among girls aged 11-14.
- Statistics show that on average, 37.7% of students from class 1 to 8 cannot read at a 2nd class level. The main causes for this are poverty, lack of facilities in schools, unavailable secondary schools, and untrained teachers.
- Several initiatives are proposed to improve access to education, such as specially designed programs for out-of-school children, strengthening policies to realize universal education, and better collaboration between the government and NGOs.
This document discusses women's empowerment in India. It outlines the current challenges women face, including high rates of poverty, illiteracy, lack of access to education, and crimes against women such as rape and female foeticide. The document then proposes solutions like improving access to education and healthcare for women, promoting economic independence, and implementing community programs with volunteers and NGOs to raise awareness, provide skills training, and address grievances. The plan aims to leverage existing infrastructure and policies to empower 5 lakh women across 150 districts of India. Challenges to implementation include funding, changing social mindsets, and the scale of reaching women across the country.
The document proposes a scheme called the Malala Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (MMSY) to promote the education and empowerment of girls from economically disadvantaged families in India. The key aspects of the scheme include depositing Rs. 15,000 for each eligible girl child at birth into a government account earning interest until she reaches age 18 and uses it for education. The funding model shares costs between central and state governments based on state development indicators. Implementation would involve multiple levels of government working with local organizations. Challenges and solutions around locating beneficiaries and managing funds are also discussed.
This document discusses issues with primary education in India. It notes that while infrastructure investments are necessary, they are not sufficient to improve learning levels on their own. Stronger teacher hiring and training processes are needed to ensure quality education. Governance also needs to improve, such as more stringent monitoring of mid-day meal preparation and distribution, and teacher attendance. Collaboration with NGOs may help bring more children to schools and improve teaching methods. The curriculum also needs to engage students more to reduce dropout rates. Educating parents is important as well to emphasize the importance of education. Annual exams need careful setting to properly assess students.
This document proposes a new vocational education model in India focused on entrepreneurship education to address high youth unemployability. It notes that current education fails to provide useful skills, with many students lacking communication skills and failing or uninterested in classes. It advocates implementing entrepreneurship education in schools and colleges by adopting a formal curriculum, creating an innovation fund for programs, and engaging local entrepreneurs as mentors. This would help students develop entrepreneurial skills and mindsets through experiential learning of starting real businesses. The goals are to increase career opportunities and engagement, address skill gaps, and support overall economic growth. Challenges include lack of access currently and ensuring entrepreneurship education is integrated into the education system.
This document discusses malnutrition in India, providing statistics on the scope of the problem and its causes. It notes that two-thirds of the world's malnourished children live in India, where malnutrition contributes significantly to mortality and hampers development. Key causes are identified as inadequate food intake by pregnant women and children, lack of sanitation and healthcare access, and low awareness. Several government schemes aim to address malnutrition but face issues with implementation quality, gaps between aims and outcomes, and lack of decentralization. Proposed solutions emphasize strengthening existing systems like PDS, boosting community involvement, improving health services, and adopting more holistic, integrated approaches.
This document discusses increasing youth employability by focusing on three main types of employability skills: basic academic skills like reading and writing; higher-order thinking skills such as problem solving and decision making; and personal qualities including self-confidence, social skills, and a good work attitude. It notes that the real challenge for employers is finding workers with these job readiness skills and recommends teaching employability skills through involving parents, providing opportunities to observe workplaces, and designing classrooms to mimic real work settings.
The document outlines a proposed strategy to address malnutrition among children under 3 in India through a community-based model involving mobile clinics, distribution of fortified foods and purified water, weekly medical checkups, and information sessions for parents to improve feeding practices using locally available foods. However, it notes challenges in recruiting enough trained volunteers and medical staff for wide coverage, difficulties in changing behaviors, and risks if not adequately funded. The strategy aims to prevent lifelong effects of malnutrition through early intervention while keeping costs low compared to treatment.
Malnutrition is a major problem in India, with 47% of children under 3 years old being underweight. South Asia has the highest rates of malnourished children globally. While India has the largest nutrition program in the world, malnutrition rates remain high, showing a gap between resources and their implementation. The proposed Nourish to Flourish initiative would address malnutrition in India using a Positive Deviance model to identify and spread successful feeding, caring, and health practices in vulnerable communities.
This document outlines a plan by a team of MBA students to address malnutrition in India. It begins with background on the scale of malnutrition in India. The team then proposes a solution involving recruiting volunteers including students, retired military, and doctors to work with existing government structures. Key aspects of the plan include prioritizing nutrition for mothers and children under 1000 days, expanding community health workers, and aligning other sectors like agriculture with nutrition goals. The team provides details on implementation including analyzing needs, recruiting volunteers, awareness building, and establishing nutrition rehabilitation centers and banks. Risks and costs are also addressed.
The document discusses malnutrition among children in India. Some key points:
- Nearly half (48%) of Indian children under five are stunted. One in three malnourished children globally lives in India.
- Malnutrition is caused by lack of proper nutrition from foods like pulses, vegetables, fruits, milk, meat and eggs. Poverty prevents many families from accessing nutritious foods.
- Several government programs provide supplementary nutrition to children and mothers. However, malnutrition levels remain high, especially in poorer states.
- Solutions proposed include increasing access to nutritious foods, educating mothers, improving food storage, and strengthening public distribution systems. Establishing Nutritional Communication Bodies could help
The document discusses malnutrition in India and proposes strategies to address it. It notes that India has high levels of malnutrition, with over 40% of the world's underweight children under 5 living in India. It analyzes the current situation, noting that India lacks a comprehensive national program to eradicate malnutrition. The root causes of malnutrition are intergenerational and interconnected, stemming from poverty, lack of women's empowerment, insufficient access to nutritious food and healthcare. It proposes specific nutrition interventions and monitoring strategies to combat malnutrition through a multi-sectoral approach.
This document discusses undernutrition in children in India and government initiatives to address it. It provides key statistics on stunting and wasting rates. The first 1000 days of life are critical for child growth and development. Interventions like ICDS services focus too little on this period. Challenges in complementary feeding for children aged 6-24 months are outlined. The Poshan Abhiyaan initiative has 4 pillars and targets to reduce stunting, undernutrition, anemia, and low birth weight. Activities under the initiative include improving nutrition, preventing diarrhea, hand washing, and focusing on the first 1000 days. Local herbs and yoga practices are mentioned as part of Ayush's role in nutrition outreach during Poshan month.
Proposal Development on Organizing Health Promotion Education Communication T...Mohammad Aslam Shaiekh
Proposal Development on Organizing Health Promotion Education Communication Training Program on Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition Practices in Pumdi, Pokhara Municipality 22.
This presentation based on current scenario of India's Food security and different polices or programs run by Indian government for prevention of malnutrition
This document outlines a plan to reduce malnutrition in India. It notes that India has high rates of malnutrition and currently lacks a comprehensive national program to address the issue. The plan calls for essential interventions like promoting breastfeeding, supplementing foods, and treating acute malnutrition. It also emphasizes the need for nutrition monitoring and nutrition-sensitive strategies across sectors like agriculture, education, and health care to combat the interconnected causes of malnutrition. The overall goal is to establish a national program and make nutrition a higher priority to improve health, productivity and resilience in India.
This document discusses malnutrition in the state of Jharkhand, India. It finds that:
- Anaemia and underweight rates among children and women in Jharkhand are among the highest in India.
- Government runs supplementation programs for iron, folic acid, and Vitamin A, but coverage is low.
- It recommends focusing on proven interventions like breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and nutrition for women and children to reduce malnutrition.
- A multisectoral approach is needed across health, agriculture, education and other areas to effectively address the problem.
1. The document proposes solutions to reduce malnutrition in rural and urban India. In rural areas, it suggests linking food grain distribution through PDS to individual health monitoring data to identify malnutrition causes. It also proposes providing supplementary nutrition through PDS instead of AWCs. In urban areas, it suggests introducing diet plans in schools and a nutrition education subject to improve awareness. The proposals aim to more efficiently utilize existing government resources to reduce malnutrition.
Malnutrition in India-Background and solutions proposedRohen Agrawal
Despite India's 50% increase in GDP since 1991, more than one third of the world's malnourished children live in India. Among these, half of them under 3 are underweight and a third of wealthiest children are over-nutriented. The World Bank estimates that India is one of the highest ranking countries in the world for the number of children suffering from malnutrition. The presentation proposes how this problem of malnourishment can be eliminated from India.
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1) India has high rates of malnutrition, with 1 in 3 malnourished children worldwide living in India. Nearly half of Indian children under 3 are too small for their age. Malnutrition contributes to many childhood deaths and costs India billions in lost GDP and productivity each year.
2) The document outlines several causes of malnutrition in India including inadequate breastfeeding, poor functioning of the Public Distribution System which is meant to provide essential foods, and failure to include nutrition concerns in agricultural practices.
3) Potential solutions discussed include improving breastfeeding awareness and support, reforming the PDS to provide more nutritious complementary foods, establishing regional agricultural institutes to promote sustainable, nutrient-rich local crops, and strengthening government
This document discusses malnutrition in India and potential solutions. It notes that India has a significant malnutrition problem, with one in three malnourished children globally living in India. Causes of malnutrition include poverty and an unbalanced diet. Proposed solutions focus on improving breastfeeding, addressing micronutrient deficiencies, advocating for better nutrition funding and policies, and promoting healthy growth. Partnerships between government and private sector are seen as important to increase access to fortified and biofortified foods.
This document discusses primary health care in India and the role of nurses in the Indian health care system. It outlines the principles of primary health care as equitable distribution, appropriate technology, health promotion/disease prevention, and community participation. It then describes current health problems in India such as communicable diseases, nutrition problems, environmental sanitation issues, lack of medical care, and population issues. Finally, it outlines the various roles nurses can play in health education, disease prevention, maternal/child health, immunization, treatment, and more to address these health challenges within India's public, private, voluntary, and indigenous health care sectors and programs.
This document discusses primary health care in India and the role of nurses. It outlines the principles of primary health care as equitable distribution, appropriate technology, health promotion/prevention, and community participation. It then examines current health problems in India such as communicable diseases, nutrition problems, environmental sanitation issues, lack of medical care, and population issues. Specifically, it analyzes problems like malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhea, ARI, leprosy, and HIV/AIDS. Finally, it discusses the role of nurses in addressing these problems through various activities like health education, nutrition promotion, provision of water/sanitation, maternal/child services, immunization, disease control, and ensuring access to treatment and essential drugs.
Malnutrition is a major problem in India, with over 1/3 of the world's malnourished children living in India. The document outlines the scope and causes of malnutrition in India. Major causes include poverty, food prices, dietary practices, lack of breastfeeding, and gender inequality. It then proposes multi-sector solutions that address the issue across the entire lifecycle through both direct interventions like supplements and feeding practices, and indirect interventions like access to water/sanitation, education, and socio-cultural factors. The solutions framework is based on principles of addressing the nutrient deficit, breaking intergenerational cycles, and coordinated multi-sector actions. Mega coordination across ministries and sectors is needed to effectively implement the solutions
Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)- Dr...Yogesh Arora
A presentation on severe acute malnutrition and nutritional rehabilitation center. Various preventive, promotive, and curative aspects of SAM are discussed in this presentation.
This document proposes solutions to improve primary education in India. It discusses four solutions: 1) A parallel primary education network run by volunteer youth, 2) Promoting the use of technology in schools, 3) Public-private partnerships to enhance schools, and 4) Enriching learning through hands-on methods. Each solution includes steps for implementation and discusses the potential impacts and challenges. The overall goal is to address issues like high dropout rates and low learning levels in Indian primary education.
This document proposes a 3-tier skill development framework to address India's shortage of 1.2 crore jobs per year for the next decade. It involves (1) 6-month skill courses for unemployed graduates run through public-private partnerships, (2) mandatory career counseling and 100-day apprenticeships for secondary students, and (3) extended skill and apprenticeship programs for school dropouts aged 14+. This framework aims to provide industry-relevant skills while reducing costs through private sector involvement. It could help direct workers towards new job markets and improve productivity across the economy. Challenges include gaining political and institutional support, but the document argues these can be addressed through awareness campaigns and leveraging existing IT infrastructure.
The document proposes a new model to address India's high rates of malnutrition among children. It identifies several key factors contributing to malnutrition, including poor nutrition of mothers, lack of information and education, and poverty. The proposed multi-pronged solution focuses on improving anganwadi centers and ICDS programs, promoting biofortified crops, reforming PDS to reduce leakage, and increasing women's empowerment. It aims to provide a more holistic, sustainable, and cost-effective approach to fighting malnutrition across India.
The document discusses the issue of youth unemployment in India and provides recommendations to improve employability. It notes that youth unemployment is one of India's largest challenges and that awareness has increased around this issue. Several statistics on unemployment rates in India are presented. The document advocates for initiatives and policies that develop skills, encourage hands-on learning, and link education to employment opportunities to help boost youth employability and reduce unemployment.
The document discusses India's Public Distribution System (PDS), which aims to provide essential commodities like food grains, sugar, and kerosene to vulnerable groups at subsidized prices. It outlines the objectives and flow of PDS from farmers to fair price shops. Key points covered include the targeted beneficiaries and their entitlements under PDS, the challenges of leakage and exclusion of poor families, and efforts to monitor movement of supplies from depots to shops.
The document proposes solutions to increase transparency in India's Public Distribution System (PDS). It outlines problems like corruption and diversion of goods from PDS outlets. The team's proposed solutions include implementing an ERP system to integrate PDS departments, using mobile updates to track goods delivery, and introducing smart cards with Aadhaar details for citizens to purchase rations. This would allow transparent monitoring of distribution and prevent illegal sale of goods. The team aims to build on these ideas to improve the system and create a more open and reliable PDS for people across India.
Primary education in India faces several challenges, including low enrollment and attendance rates, high dropout rates before 5th grade, and poor quality of education especially in rural areas and for girls. The government has implemented various programs to address these issues, such as the District Primary Education Program, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and Operation Blackboard. New initiatives like the Right to Education Act aim to increase access to private schools for underprivileged children. However, improving teacher training and classroom practices will be needed to truly enhance educational quality and outcomes for Indian children.
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The document summarizes a study conducted on brain gain in India. It provides details of the study team and methodology used. Key findings include that brain drain has led to gain in four technological areas - ICT, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. Most returnees expressed satisfaction with returning to India and had increased qualifications and responsibilities. Suggestions are made to replicate successful state models, improve policies in education, research and industry, and provide incentives to attract more returnees. In conclusion, the study counters myths about brain drain and suggests further research on the value of migration options and effects on institutional development.
The document discusses strategies to improve access to justice in India. At the grassroots level, it proposes creating legal awareness programs, conducting legal aid camps, and establishing legal aid cells run by trained paralegal volunteers. It also aims to strengthen the education system. At the administrative level, the document seeks to reduce case backlogs, appoint more judges, establish additional courts, and implement e-courts and information technology systems. Ensuring timely justice for all citizens across India requires empowering people at the grassroots level through legal awareness as well as positive changes to the administrative system such as reducing delays in the courts.
This document discusses women's empowerment in India. It defines empowerment as gaining power, authority, and influence through having decision-making ability, access to resources and information, positive thinking, and skills. It notes that empowering women is key to global development goals. While women faced social evils historically like sati and child marriage, independence brought efforts to uplift women through education. Literacy and sex ratios have risen in recent decades. Women now participate in all sectors of society, showing their empowerment has occurred through increased participation and access to resources leading to improved status. The empowerment of women is important for families and productivity.
The document discusses key challenges facing the North Eastern states of India, including insurgency, lack of infrastructure, and poor governance. It argues that developing tourism and border trade could help address high unemployment and low GDP in the region by generating jobs and revenue. Specifically, the region has great potential for eco and adventure tourism due to its natural beauty and cultural heritage. Border trade could revive local industries and provide access to new markets, fulfilling the goals of India's "Look East" policy. However, more work is still needed to improve infrastructure and overcome security challenges and isolationist mindsets that have hindered economic development.
Rural India faces significant challenges in providing safe drinking water and sanitation to its large population. Despite significant investments, many rural Indians still lack access to these basic services. Open defecation and waterborne diseases remain widespread problems, negatively impacting public health, education, and economic productivity. Effective solutions will require a multipronged approach including education, community participation, improved infrastructure, and strategies that address the unique needs of both rural and urban areas.
This document proposes changes to the system in India to empower women and ensure their safety and equality. It identifies issues such as jurisdiction problems, lack of evidence, and fear of lodging complaints that prevent crimes against women from being properly addressed. It recommends establishing a women's crime cell to anonymously register complaints, hiring more women in law enforcement, providing self-defense training, educating rural women on their rights, and implementing stricter laws around crimes targeting women. The proposals aim to improve women's mobility, access to resources, decision-making power, and security overall.
This document describes a project called "Sahas: Ek Prayas" aimed at ensuring women's safety and empowerment. The team is from B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology and includes 5 members. The document notes alarming statistics about crimes against women in India such as rapes, dowry deaths, and human trafficking. It states the project's priorities are to educate, empower, and employ women. The proposed solution has two levels: Atma-Suraksha focuses on self-help through distributing self-defense kits and training, while Sarvasva Suraksha aims to improve safety at the community level through vocational training and educational technology.
The document outlines a 5-step plan by a team to improve research and innovation (REIN) in education. The team aims to include REIN as a subject, make projects mandatory, filter the top projects, and hold a REIN festival to showcase projects. The goal is to address issues like poor education quality, lack of funds, and brain drain by promoting research and innovation from the school to national level.
The document discusses a program initiated by students from the College of Engineering, Pune to enhance the quality of primary education. As part of the program, the students visited areas with low education facilities and identified problems like lack of proper infrastructure, dull teaching methods, and economic barriers. Their objectives are to provide quality education, overall student development, and create awareness about education quality. Some of their proposed solutions include improving teacher training, making learning more interactive, focusing on students' health and extracurricular activities, and using community outreach and media to promote awareness.
This document provides details about the public distribution system (PDS) in India, including:
1) An overview of the key components of PDS such as fair price shops, distribution of items like food grains, kerosene, and other essential commodities.
2) Details about the procurement and allocation processes with organizations like FCI responsible for food grains and other groups handling other items.
3) Background on why PDS was established in India due to factors like drought, famine, war, inflation, market imperfections, and poverty.
The document contains several tables and charts providing statistical data about PDS operations in India and the state of Chhattisgarh.
The document proposes reforms to improve India's Public Distribution System (PDS) by reducing leaks and increasing transparency. It analyzes problems at each stage of the PDS process from procurement to distribution. A new system is proposed using a centralized database, electronic ID cards, packaged food grains, community inspectors, and informers. This system aims to increase transparency, accountability, and access while reducing diversion and leaks estimated to cost over $3 billion annually. Initial costs are estimated but the system is intended to save substantial funds by plugging PDS leaks.
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1. NOURISH TO FLOURISH
REDUCING MALNUTRITION
Aabhas Singh Thakur
Divya Pant
K.Rishabh
Arushi Shukla
Vineeth Balakrishnan
Team Details
2. India ranks second worldwide in agricultural farm output and 10th in agricultural and food exports, yet1
• India is home to 23 Crore hungry people.3
• 33% of the world’s malnourished children live in India.4
• About 50% of childhood deaths are attributed to malnutrition. 5
• 48% of children under the age of 5 are stunted 6
• and 43% are underweight.7
The above facts emphasize that MALNUTRITION is attributed to
not only food insecurity but various other social and health factors like:
• Low intake of nutritional diet.
• Adequate purchasing power.
• Access to health services.
• Availability of safe drinking water.
• Sanitation and proper environmental condition.
• Literacy and lack of awareness especially in women.
• High levels of exposure to infection.
• Inappropriate infant and young child feeding and caring practices.
INVESTING IN NUTRITION IS INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF A COUNTRY – IT CREATES STRONGER COMMUNITIES
WITH A HEALTHIER, SMARTER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE POPULATION.
Some concerning points regarding MALNUTRITION
• Six of the eight millennium development goals are dependent on malnutrition
• Adults who were malnourished as children earn 20% less on average than those who weren’t.8
• malnourishment hampers the physical and cognitive growth.
• Improving nutrition is key to child survival.
• malnutrition is costing the Indian economy 2.95% of its GDP annually.9
• The world has enough food for everyone.
43%
37%
33%
25%
46%
41%
undernourished children
(0-5 yr)
women suffering from
chronic energy deficiency
total urban rural
3. OUR POLICY:
ESTABLISHMENT OF NUTRTION-HEALTH CENTERS AND MOBILE UNITS
Malnutrition is a widespread problem across INDIA and its eradication is a LONG TERM, CONTINUOUS
PROCESS. Government schemes like ICDS, mid-day meal and other schemes like SABLA,NRHM etc. propose
good model but the progress has been dramatically slow at an average rate of 0.6 % per year.
POLICY OVERVIEW
Establishment oh NHCs will foster already existing schemes of the government and end the vicious cycle.
• Nutrition-Health Centers(NHCs) will act as both nutritional clinics as well as a monitoring body to curb malnutrition.
• Bridge the gap between problem and treatment by recruitment of skilled workers
• Conduct frequent awareness campaigns regarding all the aspects
of malnutrition.
• Assist and guide anganwadi centers lying in their area.
• Proficient computer aided techniques to maintain nutritional health
• record of all children and women.
• Degree wise treatment of malnutrition will benefit pregnant women and
severely acute malnourished children (19.2 % of children in India suffer from SAM).10
• Introduction of highly nutritious medicinal pants like “spirulina” and “moringa”
-highly cost effective and beneficial.
DISADVANTAGES OF EXISTING POLICY ADVANTAGES OF OUR POLICY
Vicious
cycle
Unhealthy
underweight
child
Easily
prone to
infection
Suffer from
diseases like
diarrhea,
anemia etc.
malnourishment
Malnourished
mother
• Mainly focus on universal food
supplementation.
• Overload on community workers-
pregnant women and children (0-3
years), most vulnerable group gets
neglected.
• No proper records maintained.
• Emphasize on other social factors like mother caring behavior
breastfeeding, proper sanitation, education and awareness.
• highly nutritional food supplement in mid-day meals and anganwadi -
physical and cognitive growth of children enhancing their educational
output and reducing school drop out rates.
• increase in skilled workforce special attention to most vulnerable section.
• Proper health report card and progress will be monitored.
4. NUTRITION HEALTH CENTER
CONTROL ROOM+DISTRICT CENTER
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
MOBILE UNIT
SURVEY AND STATISTICS
TEAM
NUTRITIONAL HEALTH
WORKER
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM OPERATOR
NUTRITIONAL HEALTH ANALYST
1 District or 25 lacs : 1 MU
5 HEALTH WORKER
5 HEALTH WORKER
3 OFFICIALS
5 MEMBER
2 IT OPERATORS
NHCs can be started up in any district government building or as a subsidiary department in
any govt. hospital in a district.
Already existing AWCs can also fall under our workforce per district.
It will store Ready stock of highly nutritional food supplements(Spirulina + Moringa) to be
distributed to respective AWCs by MU during their visit.
DATA ENTRY
OPERATOR
1 MEMBER
5. District Nutrition Officer
•District head of this project
•Preferably IAS officer
Block Nutrition Officer
•Block Head of this project.
•State PCS officer.
•Specialized Services involving professionals of this
field.
Nutritional Health Analyst
•Contractual Ayurvedic/Homeopathic/ Paramedical
staff.
•To be employed in District Nutrition Center.
Nutritional Health Worker
• Contractual Graduate workers
• To be employed in Mobile Units.
Survey and Statistics Workers
•Matriculated MNREGA workers.
Database Management Operators
•To be provided by contractual company.
Mobile Unit Automobile Staff
•Driver, helper etc to be provided by contractual
company.
RECRUITMENT & ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP
RECRUITMENT ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP
State Secretary
Ministry Of Women & Child
Development: Government of India
Ministry Of Women & Child
Development: State Government
District Nutrition Officer
Mobile Unit & Field Workers
Block Nutrition Officer
Anganwadi Workers
District Control Room Staff
6. WORKING OF NUTRITION HEALTH CENTRE
Routine visit of Mobile Unit(MU) to their allotted blocks every four months.
Prior announcement of camp locations before arrival.
Functioning of NHCs
Block-wise
Mobile
Unit Visit
Medical
Examination
Stats
Collection
& Analysis
Actions
Organize
Awareness
Campaign
CONTROL ROOM
MANAGEMENT
STATISTICS COLLECTION
DATA INTERPRETATION
ANALYSIS & CURE
Data collection and online
record maintenance(Height-
Weight-BMI-Age-Specific
Disease) by Survey team(along
with the assistance of AWWs).
Creating a Photographic
Database double-checked with
Child’s Biometric Scan.
Automated receiving of data at
the NHC Control room for
analysis.
Medical analysis and automated
Report formation using DBMS
software.
Classification and highlighting of
Targeted Individuals (Level of
malnourishment,
Married/Pregnant women).
Computing accurate nutritional
content intake and diet schedule
for each group/individual by
Nutritional Health Analyst.
Distribution of High nutritious
food supplements(Spirulina,
Moringa, etc.)
Treatment of targeted groups.
Organizing campaigns; taking
assistance from NGOs
Monitoring the entire policy at
district level
Collaboration with various
depts. such as Food & Civil
supply for efficient working of
targeted PDS, quality control
by FCI after procurement.
7. Nutritious Food Supplements: Spirulina and Moringa
SPIRULINA
NUTRITIONAL CONTENT PRODUCTION/HARVESTING PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION
Aquatic micro-organisms(micro-
algae)
Exceptionally high Protein
content (60-70% of its dry
weight)
Vitamin(B1) content : 34-
50mg/kg (0-3 yrs. child require
0.9mg)
Ironcontent:1.8mg/gm.(Most
essentialforPregnantWomen;
deficiencyleadstoanemia
1 gm. Spirulina=100 gm.
Carrot=100 gm. Spinach
Climate Temp. : 35 ⁰C + Sunshine
Requires Growth tank(min
depth=20cm) can be made from
low costing materials.
1 tank(18 m2 ) produces 144
grams dry Spirulina.(Sufficient to
feed 150 infants)
Growth medium can be
prepared from any available
fertilizers.
Promising small scale
production.
Quality check is mandatory
after procurement and before
processing.
Mass production at certain
regional production
units(Having optimum
conditions for productions).
Distribution through Govt.
channels and State PDS.
Distributed in forms of Energy
bars, Local made fortified
Chikkis, candy.
MORINGA
NUTRITIONAL CONTENT PRODUCTION/HARVESTING PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION
Protein content : 27.1gm/100gm dry
leaves + High Vitamin A content.
1 gm. =15 times Vit. A in carrot/17
times Calcium in Milk/25x Iron
48 gm. powdered Moringa
leaves/day equates daily nutrition
intake of breastfeeding mother.
Intake recovers pregnant mother from
anemia and to higher birth weights.
Can tolerate extreme high temp and
light frost.
Prefers well-drained sandy loom.
Leaves are harvested after 1.5-2 m
plant growth (3-6 months).
Fortified seeds for additional
micro-nutritional content.
Small scale industry can be developed
in the village/Near AWCs.
Quality check is mandatory
after procurement and before
processing.
Distribution through Govt.
channels and State PDS.
Distribution in form of
powdered leaves.
8. Mostly, children of
illiterate mothers are
malnourished
The most damaging
effects of under-
nutrition occur during
pregnancy and the first
two years of a child’s
life.
Proper nutritional
assistance to pregnant
women and not
allowing them to work.
Educate mothers on
breastfeeding at initial
age, prevention of
diseases by adopting
hygienic practices, and
the use of safe drinking
water.
MOTHER CARING
BEHAVIOUR
PROPER
SANITATION
EARLY MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
PLANNING
SOCIAL EQUALITY
only 31% of India’s
population is able to
utilize proper sanitation
facilities.11
one in every ten deaths in
India is linked to poor
sanitation and hygiene
diseases resulting from
poor sanitation affects
children in their cognitive
development.
Fastening the process of
government schemes like
sulabh shauchalay
abhiyan to foster proper
public sanitation.
Urging people to use
public toilets by teaching
them its importance and
benefits.
adolescent girls who are
malnourished themselves
and not yet attained
physical and mental
maturity
EARLY MARRIAGE
pregnancy and birth of
undernourished children.
young people and their
parents need to DELAY
MARRIAGE AND DELAY
FIRST PREGNANCY
Family planning to ensure
at least 3 years gap
between children and not
having more than 2
children.
Gender inequality, rural-
urban divide, rich-poor
gap, social inequality,
demographic and
regional inequality –
exacerbate situation.
Targeting girls and lower
castes (who are at higher
risk of under-nutrition).
Educating people that
malnutrition can be
fought only with an
inclusive approach.
Campaigns organized by Mobile Units ; can collaborate with Red cross, NGOs NSS, College students, activists and other
volunteers.
Can be made effective by showing DOCUMENTARIES in regional dialects involving celebrities.
Panchayat and sarpanch need to be educated adequately regarding the causes, consequences and cures.
Beneficiaries and incentives for the village progressing at the fastest rate against malnutrition.
9. ORGANISATION
BUDGET
LOGISTICS
BUDGET
FOOD
SUPPLEMENTS
COST
(spirulina+murin
ga)
TECHNOLOGICAL
BUDGET
Transport=55x1000x671x6=22.14
Crores
Maintenance = 15 Crores
Survey = 45 Crores
Establishment=671x1.25x12=100.65 Crores
Admin officers = Existing Govt. Officers
Health workers=10000x12x671x10=80.5 Crores
IT operators=10000x12x671x2=40.26 +
Data Entry Operator=44.26Crores
Survey team = 40 Crores
Production = 70 Crores
Packaging = 5 Crores
Distribution : Via existing PDS
IT hardware = 30 Crores
IT software = 50 Crores
Biometric = 5 Crores
182.79
Crores
164.76
Crores
75 Crores
85 Crores
FUNDING
GOVERNEMENT
FUNDING (STATE AND
CENTRAL)
PRIVATIZATION-BIG
CORPORATE HOUSES
(CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY)
INTERNATIONAL
AGENCIES LIKE WORLD
BANK , UNICEF.
Economically Competent Policy
Nationwide Budget : 507.55 Crores
10. CHALLENGES MITIGATIONS
Making Labor intensive society realize intensity of this
issue.
Legislative reforms regarding Physical Labor of
Pregnant women.
Vast Administrative Setup Whole system being Bureaucratic leads to efficient
Administration.
Maximum Contractual workers increases competency.
Funds generations from Corporate houses. Luring Corporate houses for CSR by means of Tax
rebate and appreciation awards.
Recruitment of skilled personnel. Unemployed Paramedical staffs and inclusion of
moderately skilled MNREGA workers.
Inadequate Drinking water and Sanitation. Linking with CSR and subsidies for mass availment.
Negligence of child care in urban working class. Awareness via Media and relaxation of working norms
for Mothers with young children.
IMPACT
Total children(0-6years) = 158.8 million12
Malnourished children= 41.16%= 65.36million13
Severely malnourished=3.33%= 5.28804 million14
OUR POLICY WILL DIRECTLY EFFECT ALL THE SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN.
EMPLOYEMENT GENERATION
10 health workers + 2 operators +5 survey team + 10 helpers =27(per district)
Total district in India= 671; total direct employment generated= 18117
Indirect generation of employment: production and packaging of spirulina and muringa.
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