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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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