World Vision India Child Health Now Campaign' organized a children assembly on Child health and Nutrition on the occasion of World Food Day in collaboration with ‘Sankalp Sanskritik Samiti’ and other research and academic institutions in the State.
In the workshop 80 adolescent children from urban and rural settings took part. During the programme children were facilitated to identify gaps under the MNCH programme and nutrition supplement to make recommendations to the government for mutual accountability on public services provided by government through MNCH.
The programme was organised as part of the global campaign to end preventable child deaths by ‘Child Health Now’ (CHN) campaign led by World Vision India. The partners of the campaign in Chhattisgarh this children assembly gave a platform to share their views on present health scenario of children and existing gaps. On this occasion Dr. Kamlesh Jain Newton Isaac Director Child Health Now-India, Chunnilal Sharma motivated children to put their views boldly.
Addressing the participants during the programme, Sunand K Singh, Campaign Officer, CHN, World Vision India said “Even though service delivery in healthcare seems to have increased, quality seems to have declined. It needs to be addressed immediately with a strong emphasis on implementation. Unfortunately, geographical disparities, unfavourable inclusion due to social structures and the social position of women seem to dictate their inability to access health services.”
Newton Isaac Director Child Health Now-India, World Vision India said “this is an effort on part of WVI to raise children’s voice for their better health services”.