Poshan Abhiyan programme under poshan Maah 2021, themes organised in ICDS Project Langate at wahipora area in Langate.

SHAKIR BHAT

Handwara, September 28:– ICDS Langate Handwara on Tuesday organised a day-long awareness-cum-workshop on Poshan Abhiyan with an aim to sensitize the field workers of ICDS about the importance of balanced diet.

BDC Langate Showket Ahamd pandit inaugurated the awareness programme and interacted with the audience and deliberated on the importance of the balanced died for the children.

The workshop was attended by Sarpanch Wahipora, Unisoo, Anganwadi Workers and Supervisors besides other senior officers of the block.

During the seminar experts deliberated upon the importance of a balanced diet for the children to overcome the malnutrition issue. They urged the workers to focus on broad themes including antenatal care, optimal breastfeeding (early and exclusive), complementary feeding, anemia, growth monitoring, girls – education, diet, right age of marriage, hygiene and sanitation, eating healthy – food fortification.

BDC Langate said poshan Abhiyan or National Nutrition Mission is Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

He said the Abhiyaan directs the attention of the people towards the problem of malnutrition and addresses it in a mission-mode. The BDC stressed on providing quality nutrition to the children and directed the officers to ensure that a balanced diet is provided to the children in Anganwadi centres.