The Ministry of Women and Child Development will organize Poshan Pakhwada nationwide from March 9 to March 23, 2024. This 15-day celebration aims to spread awareness about nutrition, dietary practices, and women’s health.
The main focus theme’s for activities and awareness during Poshan Pakhwada 2024 will be:
During the last Poshan Pakhwada in March-April 2023, over 4 crore sensitization activities were conducted. These focused on promoting Shree Anna (fortified rice), millets for nutrition, celebrating Swasth Balak Spardha, and popularizing Saksham Anganwadis.
Since the launch of POSHAN Abhiyaan in 2018, over 90 crore sensitization activities have been reported through 5 Poshan Pakhwadas and 6 Poshan Maahs (months).
Key objectives include achieving nutrition-linked behavioral change at individual and community levels through Jan Bhagidari (public participation).
The Pakhwada aims to raise awareness about the importance of nutrition and promote healthy eating habits through “Jan Andolan and Jan Bhagidari” (public movement and participation).
Poshan Abhiyaan, launched by PM Narendra Modi in 2018, has been instrumental in ensuring people’s participation and bringing the discourse on nutrition to the forefront.
To download the POSHAN Abhiyaan app, you would typically need to visit the official POSHAN Abhiyaan website or find it on the Google Play Store for Android devices. However, it seems there was an issue accessing the official website just now.
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POSHAN Abhiyaan, also known as the National Nutrition Mission, is a flagship program of the Government of India aimed at improving nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Launched in March 2018 by the Prime Minister, the mission seeks to reduce levels of undernutrition, anemia, and low birth weight in children, as well as to focus on adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. The program harnesses technology, a targeted approach, and convergence to achieve its goals and has set specific targets to be achieved by 2022, which include:
POSHAN Abhiyaan is designed to leverage existing programs and schemes such as the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), National Health Mission (NHM), Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), and Swachh Bharat Mission, among others, to achieve synergy and maximize impact on nutrition. The mission is a critical step towards addressing the multi-dimensional nature of malnutrition in India and achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030.
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