Department of Women and Child Development, Baran District, Government of Rajasthan in partnership with ICICI Foundation launched a Convergent Health and Nutrition program in 2 blocks of the district today.

The program aims to improve the nutritional status of 0-6 year olds in 253 Anganwadi centers in 32 Panchayats of Shahabad and Kishanganj Block of Baran District.

This program aims to strengthen the child development services of Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) and provisions under the Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, to prevent and manage malnutrition and also treat the cases of severe malnutrition.

The program will sustain these activities through capacity building of all grass root functionaries of ICDS and Health department, and by creating awareness in the community and local self-governance structures, thereby encouraging them to take ownership in the health and nutrition programs in the region.

V.Saravana Kumar, Collector and District Magistrate, Baran, and honorable Chief Guest of the workshop said, “The Blocks chosen – Shahabad and Kishanganj- are apt choices as they are pre-dominantly tribal with a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) –Sahariyas as inhabitants.” He further added, “With the right synergies of ICDS, PRIs, Health Departments together, we would be able to identify, manage and treat cases of malnutrition in 0-6 years and help in prevention too.”

As the head of the District Administration, he assured that this venture would get all the necessary support from the administration.

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