Healthy Boy-Girl Competitions will be organised in the state from March 21 to 27, 2022, to achieve the goal of “Suposhit Bharat” and participation on the topics of health and nutrition of the community.
The objective of the competition is to improve the nutritional status of the age group of 0 to 6 years and to create an emotional connect of the community at large with issues related to health and nutrition of children. Along with this, the aim is to make the families and community aware of the nutrition of children of all sections and areas of the society by including children up to the age of 6 years of the area left out of the Anganwadi services and to promote feeling of competition among the family and children to stay healthy.
Director Woman and Child Development Dr Ramrao Bhonsle informed that according to the decision taken by the Union Ministry of Woman and Child Development, competitions in urban and rural areas of all the districts of the state will be held at Anganwadi centres, panchayats, schools, special camps, health centres, homes etc. Its entry will be recorded on the online module of the Nutrition Tracker app.
In the healthy boy-girl competitions, the physical measurement of children will be done at the Anganwadi for the first two days between 9 am to 5 pm. Apart from this, physical measurement of children will be done at the centrer level every day from March 23 to 27 from 9 am to 1 pm. The physical measurement of the missing children of Tola, Majre, uncovered areas will be taken by the Anganwadi workers and allied organisations by visiting the beneficiary's house.
In urban areas which are outside the Anganwadi centre, physical measurements of children from birth to 6 years of age will be taken from house to house in each colony/housing society.