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Scheme (ICDS), channeling and e-ILA (Incremental Learning
most of the work through the Approach) are being utilised for
coordinated efforts of Anganwadi monitoring, prompt preventive
Centres (AWCs), ASHA workers action, effective service delivery
and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and dynamic policy planning.
(ANMs) from across the country. By creating an environment
With the help of this powerful for exchange of ideas and
triad, multiple programmes are exploring avenues of cooperation
effectively reaching the mother- and partnerships, a momentum
child duo within the first 1,000 is being created for effective
days of a child’s birth, including behavioural change towards
ante and postnatal care and nutrition through Jan Bhagidari.
checkups, immunization, group ‘Poshan Pakhwadas’ and ‘Poshan
counseling on health, nutrition Maahs’ serve as significant
and sanitation, diseases, and strategies in changing nutrition
family planning measures. practices by mobilizing the
Services like ‘Take Home Ration’ masses. The Prime Minister, in
nd
and ‘Hot Cooked Meal’ have the 92 edition of ‘Mann ki Baat’,
directly reached 42 lakh and 1.17 highlighted the innovative and
crore beneficiaries, respectively.
Not only that, AWCs have "Hon'ble Prime Minister
been empowered digitally included the 'Mera Bachha'
with smart phones and growth campaign of our Datia district
monitoring devices to provide in the 'Mann ki Baat' address,
real-time data of stunting, which is a big honour for
all of us. We never thought
wasting and under-weight
that the work we are doing
prevalence in children through
at the grassroot level will
POSHAN Tracker app. Through
reach the Prime Minister. We
this app, over 2.8 crore Pregnant
give assurance to our Prime
Women and Lactating Mothers
Minister that we will continue
have been enrolled under
doing it with the same spirit."
the scheme. Further, software
-Pratibha Pathak
technologies like the ICDS-CAS
Anganwadi Worker, Datia
(Common Application Software)
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