Poshan maah

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India observes September as Poshan Maahto highlight the importance of the nutrition crisis in the country. The purpose is to heighten the awareness among people about the challenges the country is facing and the efforts that need to be made in order to meet the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here are some important facts related to the subject which will help you to understand the whole debate around Nutrition, hunger and Sustainable development goals (SDGs). What is S ustainable Development Goal (SDG)? SDGs were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. SDGs are designed to bring the world to several life-changing ‘zeros’, including zero poverty, hunger, AIDS and discrimination against women and girls. The 17 SDG and 51 targets are all interconnected and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that all of them are achieved by 2030. How SDG is related to India’s nutrition problem? SDG 2 talks about Zero Hunger. It includes ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture, aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, making sure all people–especially children–have enough and nutritious food all year. Under this, India’s Goal for 2030 is to end hunger and malnutrition by ensuring that quality food is accessible to all, to meet their nutritional needs...

The third Rashtriya Poshan Maah is being celebrated in September 2020 to address the problem of malnutrition in women and children. An initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the target of POSHAN Abhiyaan is to bring down stunting in children of 0-6 years of age from 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent by 2022. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rashtriya Poshan Maah this year will be celebrated through digital platforms. According to a recent UNICEF report, the Covid-19 pandemic may increase overall severe acute malnourished burden in the country. According to data, India has 9.3 million children below the age of five who have severe acute malnutrition (SAM). As per the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 (2015-16), as many as 35.7 per cent of children under five years of age are underweight, 38.4 per cent are stunted (low height for age), and 21 per cent are wasted (low weight for height). Malnutrition could further exacerbate the effects of At the same time, more children are becoming malnourished due to the deteriorating quality of their diet, interruptions in nutrition and other essential services and socioeconomic shocks created by the pandemic, stated a Lancet report. The POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to reduce anaemia among women and adolescent girls in the age group of 15-49 years and reduce low birth weight. The Rashtriya Poshan Maah will have two major activities at the grassroots level – identification and tracking of children with SAM and plantation drive...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the fifth Rashtriya Poshan Maah from September 1 to 30. This year the objective is to trigger Poshan Maah through gram panchayats as "Poshan Panchayats" with key focus on 'women and health' and 'child and education', WCD Minister Smriti Irani said. In a meeting with anganwadis from across the country, Irani said the month-long event will witness intensive activities across the country for awareness about nutrition at the ground level through sensitisation drives, outreach programmes, identification drives, camps and fairs with special focus on pregnant and lactating women, children below six years and adolescent girls, in order to realise the vision of 'Swasth Bharat'. At the panchayat level, she said, awareness activities will be conducted by local functionaries. Poshan Panchayat Committees will work closely with field level workers -- anganwadi workers, accredited social health activists (ASHAs) and auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) -- to support problem solving and enabling service delivery. She said awareness drives on anganwadi services and good health practices will also be organised. Growth measurement drives will be conducted to bring more beneficiaries under the ambit of anganwadi services. Growth measurement drives under Swasth Balak Spardha will be conducted by States with the help of AWWs, AWHs, ASHA, district functionaries and agencies such as Lions Club, Rotary Club, etc., she added. Health camps for an...

• Available in: • English • Highlights POSHAN Abhiyaan is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, to reduce stunting, undernutrition, anaemia and low birth weight among children, adolescent girls and women. This report highlights the champions of change who are helping to accelerate India’s development dividend.

The objective of the Rashtriya Poshan Maah (RPM) is to ensure community mobilisation and bolster people’s participation for addressing malnutrition amongst young children, and women and to ensure health and nutrition for everyone. Rashtriya Poshan Maah Celebrations & Competitions would be done in September month under National Nutrition Mission 2023 Rashtriya Poshan Maah Celebrations 2023: Celebrations of Rashtriya Poshan Maah during the September, 2023. All the District Educational Officers in the state are hereby informed that the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India has issued instructions to celebrate the Rashtriya Poshan Maah during the month of September, 2023. The aim of the programme is to further step up various activities under POSHAN Abhiyan and to create a “Jan Aandolan” while adhering to Coivd-19 protocols. National Nutrition Mission 2023 Name of the Celebrations Rashtriya Poshan Maah Celebrations 2023 Title Rashtriya Poshan Maah Competitions 2023 Subject Ministry of Education given instructions on Rashtriya Poshan Maah Celebrations 2023 Category Competitions Website Schedule 01 Sep to 30 Sep Download National Nutrition Week RMP Celebrations Therefore all the District Educational Officers are requested to carry out the activities in their respective districts during this month as mentioned below : • Schools to cany out POSHAN Assembles with students in virtual/physical mode to discuss malnutrition, its impact on society and value of healthy and balanced diet....