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• Increasing the knowledge base of more than 200
Anganwadi Workers, Accredited Social Health
Activists (ASHA) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM)
about vital maternity and child nutrition issues such as
dietary diversity, growth monitoring, 1,000 days of
care, immunisations, and other relevant concerns.
• Conducting home visits to guide mothers on Infant and
Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.
GOING FORWARD
• Operationalising a comprehensive large-scale Child
Yes to Poshan in Andhra Pradesh:
Malnutrition Programme with a focus on Severe Acute
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) five reported Malnutrition (SAM).
that among children under 5 years of age, 31.2% were
stunted, 16.1% were wasted, 29.6% were underweight, and • Development and demonstration of nutritious food
6.0% were severely wasted. Maternal and child recipes in the Anakapalli district in collaboration with
malnutrition is a serious public health concern in Andhra Andhra University.
Pradesh. In the Anakapalli and NTR districts of the state,
the Trusts’ intervention is focused on encouraging • Targeting fortification of nutrition in social safety-net
Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) and children under programmes such as Mid-day Meal and the take-home
the age of five years to eat a varied and nutrient-rich diet. ration programme of ICDS.
Key achievements include: • Creating policy recommendations and publications
• Publication of a curated recipe book to promote diet based on key findings of research studies on serum
diversification among pregnant women, lactating Vitamin D concentrations due to fortification of milk
mothers, and children up to the age of 2 years in and oil with Vitamin D.
collaboration with Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture
University (ANGRAU).
• Improvements to the facilities at 5 Anganwadi centres
in the Anakapalli district, which have led to an increase
in enrolment and improved ICDS services delivery.
• Encouraging communities to develop nutri-gardens in
their backyards and popularising the concept of
nutri-gardens at a household level. The increased yield
was the outcome of providing engaged women with a
wider variety of seeds. So far, 242 nutri gardens have
been cultivated in all five programme villages.
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