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Training needs & supportive interventions for using updated Child Growth Standards. Dr Sangeeta Saxena Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Training needs & supportive interventions for using updated Child Growth Standards Dr Sangeeta Saxena Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
National Rural Health Mission(NRHM) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
New Standards - Advantages • Prescriptive standards • Establish breastfeeding as the norm • Better identification of underweight/ stunted/ obese children • Identification of those at risk of becoming underweight/ stunted/ obese
Ministry of Women and Child Development • Nodal ministry for taking action for growth monitoring • To take the lead
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Supportive role in growth monitoring • Management of malnutrition
Orientation • Policy makers • Programme managers
Training needs • In service introduction - change over from NCHS standards • Pre service - introduction in medical and para medical, health care workers’ curricula
Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses(IMNCI) Supportive guidelinesTraining
New tools’ clinical robustness requires pilot testing to guide the early phase of it’s implementation