Special drive to monitor stunting among kids at Noida anganwadi centres
oida/Ghaziabad: A focused campaign has been launched to curb stunting and other forms of child malnutrition in GB Nagar and Ghaziabad districts, under the Sambhav Abhiyan 5.0.
A total of 100 anganwadi centres in each district have been identified for close monitoring, based on the concentration of children under five showing signs of stunted growth.
The campaign, which began on July 15 and will continue until July 31, focuses on growth measurement and real-time data verification. The aim is to identify children suffering from chronic malnutrition, update their health status on the nutrition tracker, and implement timely interventions, officials said.
Previously, TOI had reported that, in GB Nagar, 789 children under the age of six were identified as severely acutely malnourished (SAM), and another 3,394 children were classified as moderately acutely malnourished (MAM).
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GB Nagar district program officer Poonam Tiwari told TOI, "100 high-burden Anganwadi centres have been selected based on the Nutrition Tracker Report, which lists the specifications of the SAM and MAM children.
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These centres will undergo special inspections to track height, weight, and nutrition levels among children under six years of age."
In Ghaziabad, a total of 415 children have been identified under the SAM category, while 3,500 children have been identified as MAM.
"The nodal officer at each centre will take measurements in person based on name-wise lists. If discrepancies are found with the previously recorded Nutrition Tracker data, they will be corrected and noted in the report," said Shashi, district program officer in Ghaziabad.
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