Rajasthan to come up with vision document on nutrition

Rajasthan to come up with vision document on nutrition

Context:

National Nutrition Mission will be implemented in 24 of the 33 districts of Rajasthan

What is in news?

• Rajasthan is gearing up for implementation of the National Nutrition Mission with a State Vision Document-2022
• The document is being formulated to ensure convergence of work by all stakeholders for improving nutrition levels of women and children and reducing undernutrition and low birth weight by 2% each year.

About National Nutrition Mission (NNM):

• More than 10 crore people in the country are expected to benefit from the NNM
• The Mission has set the target to reduce stunting from 38.4% as per the National Family Health Survey-4 to 25% by 2022.
• It will cover 235 districts in 2018-19 and the remaining districts in the next two years.

About NNM in Rajasthan

• A multi-sectoral State consultation, “Nourishing Rajasthan-2022”, has thrown light on the strategies for addressing the issue of under-nutrition and stunting.
• The NNM will be implemented in implemented in 24 of the 33 districts in Rajasthan
• The 24 districts in the State have been selected on the basis of their previous track record and a number of indicators as well as empirical evidence which depicts a high degree of malnutrition among women and children.
• The nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions will be made in Rajasthan in the realms of women and child development, health, food and public distribution, sanitation, drinking water, rural development, livelihoods, education and agriculture.
• The UN body would extend help and render assistance at all levels to make NNM a success

What are the key system-level barriers in Rajasthan which need to be addressed?

• Lack of knowledge among the frontline health workers,
• Poor use of communication and counselling aids
• Limited efforts for complementary feeding to newborn babies