The Haryana Government has initiated the process to roll out National Nutrition Mission (NNM) in the State and, initially, Nuh and Panipat districts have been selected for implementation.
The Government has given approval to procure 2198 growth monitoring devices for the anganwari centres of these two districts. An approval has also been given for the purchase of 2198 smart phones for anganwari workers and 45 tablets for supervisors, said a spokesman of the Women and Child Development.
He said that the growth monitoring devices would be procured at a cost of over Rs4.44 crore in order to ensure accurate records of weights and height of all the beneficiaries which include pregnant women, lactating mothers, new born babies and children upto six years under National Nutrition Mission.
These growth monitoring devices included Stadiometer, Infantometer, weighing scales for mother and child and weighing scales for infants. As many as 2198 growth monitoring devices would be procured for 2198 anganwari centres for these two districts which included 1150 Anganwari Centres in Nuh and 1098 in Panipat, the spokesman said.
He said that one of the key activities under NNM is information and communication technology enabled real time monitoring of anganwari services. To monitor service delivery through ICT, common application software and IT related assistance is to be provided to the field functionaries. All AWWs are to be equipped with a smart phone for capture of data and lady supervisors with tablet. In order to ensure accurate records of weights and height of all the beneficiaries which include pregnant women, lactating mothers, new born babies and children upto six years, growth monitoring devices will be procured for all anganwari centres under NNM. Anganwari worker will record the weight every month and height/ length every three months through the software application to track underweight, stunting and wasting. The devices are essential in order to monitor the growth of the beneficiaries and update the information into the ICDS-CAS application, said he. The objective of NNM is to prevent, reduce stunting in children, under nutrition, reduce low birth weight, reduce prevalence of anaemia in children, adolescent girls, women.