Anganwadi offers a package of six services
• Non-formal Pre-school Education
• Supplementary Nutrition
• Nutrition & health education
• Immunization
• Health check-up and
• Referral services
Objectives
• To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years;
• To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child;
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout;
• To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development; and
• To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.
Anganwadi Beneficiaries and Services
Children Less than 3 years
-Supplementary Nutrition
-Growth Monitoring
-Immunization
-Health Check-up
-Referral Services
Children between 3-6 Years
-Non-formal Preschool
Education
-Supplementary Nutrition
-Growth Monitoring
-immunization
-health Check up
-Referral Services
Pregnant Women and
Nursing Mothers
-Health Check-up
-Tetanus Toxoid Immunization to pregnant women
-Supplementary Nutrition
-Nutrition & Health Education
Other Women
15-45 Years
Adolescent Girls between 11-18 Years
-Nutrition & Health Education
-IFA Supplementation & deworming intervention
-Non-formal education
-Home-based skill training and vocational training
-Supplementary nutrition
Objectives
• Lay foundation for the proper psychological, physical and social development of the child.
• Improve nutritional & health status of children below six years.
• Reduce incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropouts.
• Achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation amongst various departments.
•Enhance the capabilities of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of child through proper nutrition & health education.
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