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POSHAN Abhiyan
Context
Poshan Abhiyaan represents a landmark initiative in India's fight against malnutrition.
About
- Poshan Abhiyaan was launched in 2018 in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.
- The focus of Abhiyaan is to lay emphasis on nutritional status of adolescent girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers and children from 0-6 years age.
- The programme, through use of technology, convergence and community involvement with a targeted approach strives to reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia and low birth weight in children, as also focus on adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers, thus holistically addressing malnutrition.
- Objectives
- Prevent and reduce stunting in children (0- 6 years)
- Prevent and reduce under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years)
- Reduce the prevalence of anaemia among young Children(6-59 months)
- Reduce the prevalence of anaemia among Women and Adolescent Girls in the age group of 15-49 years
- Reduce Low Birth Weight (LBW)
- Mission Poshan 2.0: The Government of India approved “Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0”(also referred to as Mission Poshan 2.0) which is a strategic shift in mission mode to develop practices that nurture health, wellness, and immunity from malnutrition.
- With 14,00,117 Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) operating across 36 States/UTs and 781 districts,the mission aims to enhance the health, wellness, and immunity of children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
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