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interesting ways in which POSHAN TRACKER APP
people are tackling the

battle against malnutrition
ICT-enabled
in the country - from platform
weekly meeting of mothers Available in
in the AWCs, an informative 22 languages

nutrition snake and ladder Real-time data
of malnutrition
game, to bhajan-kirtan
Facilitates indicators
programs with nutrition monitoring
and tracking
gurus. of AWCs,
AWWs and
Local initiatives like Last mile
beneficiaries tracking of
Chhattisgarh’s celebration nutrition service
of cultural festivals like delivery
12 Lakh+ users
Raksha Bandhan, Kamar of AWCs
Chhath, and Pola Utsav 10.75 crore+
beneficiaries
as festivals of POSHAN,
Offline mode
Assam’s ‘Natun Dora for poor
network
Koina Adoranin’ wherein connectivity
newly married couples areas
are given consulting
sessions on maternal and
pre-pregnancy period,
Utter Pradesh's ‘Suposhan
Swasthya’ Melas and other
activities like Saas Bahu
Sammelan, Annpraashan
Sanskar, God Bharai,
discussion in schools on
nutrition, plantation of nutritious Such collective efforts intend
vegetables, healthy baby show to achieve the holistic goals of
have been undertaken at State, POSHAN Abhiyaan with swiftness
district, block and village level in a harmonized manner by
to effectively communicate the bringing everyone on board to
messages of good nutrition. make India a malnutrition-free
Concurrently, the strategic country.
launch of ‘Anemia Mukt Bharat’
and 'Home Based Care for
Young Child' provided a boost
Scan the QR code to watch
to the ongoing conversation in
a special report on Poshan
the country, on good nutrition
Maah.
behaviours.
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