What for ?
For directing that
malnourished kids be measured ( for their height – weight ) , at regular
intervals to judge their growth
Where did you read this ?
Growth
measurement crucial for kids at anganwadis to determine status: Centre to States
/ UTs
Extract :
The Centre has
informed states and Union territories that growth measurement is essential for
all children at Anganwadi Centres to obtain their status as “ normal “ / “ underweight “ / “
severe acute malnourishment “ / “ moderate acute malnourishment “ / “ stunted “
and “ wasted “
In a letter to chief
secretaries of all states/UTs, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said
the measurement should be done for at least 80 % of the children in the 0
– 6 age group EVERY MONTH
“ Any child who is
not measured in a particular month, has to be compulsorily measured NEXT MONTH “ , it said
“ The growth measurement – length / height and weight – is essential for all children to obtain their
status as Normal / Underweight / SAM / MAM /
Stunted and Wasted “ , the Ministry said
“ The achievement of these criteria will be
determined through the Poshan
Tracker application “ , it said
The Application was launched LAST YEAR to
strengthen and bring TRANSPARENCY in nutrition delivery services. It was
developed as a GOVERNANCE TOOL for real-time MONITORING of nutritional outcomes
MY TAKE :
5 Years ago I sent following mail to our Cabinet Ministers :
Ø Saving
1.2 million Kids ……………………………… [ 29 June 2016 ]
Extract :
How can we ensure that they get some
nutritious food every day ?
If there is a will, there is a way -
the following way :
[ A ] ………FOOD …………….( read details at above link )
[ B ]…….. PACKING …………( read at link )
[ C ] ….MANUFACTURERS..( read at link )
[ D ]…. DELIVERY POINTS ( read at link )
[ E ]….. TECHNOLOGY
Ø Each NEUTRA-KID bar wrapper will have a bar-code (
till such time inserting RFID sensors become a reality )
* Bar code will carry all normal instructions + Delivery Destination ( Post
Office )
* Each NEUTRA-KID bar will pass thru a Bar Code Reader on the
Assembly Line, before dispatch
* Info collected thru this reader will get transmitted to the Central
Server of concerned Ministries
* After taking his / her weight and entering in an online Database ,
hosted on the
Central Server of
child will get registered at the nearest Post Office
* Each registered child will be issued a blue tooth enabled Smart phone,
duly pre-installed with a Mobile App called,
" BANMALI " ( Banish Malnutrition in India ) ,
in which Child's data / Aadhar No will be entered
* Every day , the concerned child ( and parent ) will visit the post office
to collect the NEUTRA-KID
* Before handing over bar, child will be weighed on a weighing
machine and the weight
The weight record graph will appear on the screen of the PC located
at the Post Office ( Blue Tooth )
* This record will also get transmitted ( of course, automatically ) to the
COMMUNITY HEALTH
registered " ( this will be compulsory in order to be eligible
for this Scheme )
* Every time , a child is taken for his/her monthly HEALTH CHECK UP (
also compulsory in order to Receive next month's NEUTRA-KID bars ),
concerned doctor will examine the child and enter his findings
in BANMALI
Doctor will be required to enter
medicines prescribed as also, increase / decrease in the QUOTA of NEUTRA- KID
bars recommended for the next month
Ministries
Dear
Smt Iraniji,
Thank
you for implementing suggestion in respect of height / weight measurements. I
urge you to consider the rest of my suggestions
With
regards,
Hemen
Parekh /
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 09
Nov 2021
Related
Readings :
BANMALI
arrives : Named as Poshan Tracker……………………… [ 17 Apr 2021 ]
Ø A Mobile App
named " BANMALI "………………………………….. [ 15 Sept 2016 ]
Ø BANMALI is the
TOTAL SOLUTION …………………………………..[ 14 Nov 2016 ]
Ø Can Akshay Patra
Banish Malnutrition ? ………………………….[ 05 June 2017 ]
Ø Thank You Madam
Maneka Gandhiji ………………………………..[ 21
Dec 2018 ]
Extract :
# For what ?
For
accepting my suggestions ( all sent as above E Mails to Cabinet
Ministers )
# How ?
By
launching “ Poshan Abhiyan “
at the hands of Shri Modiji
on 08
March 2018
===================================================
Ø Poshan Tracker – Helping
make India malnutrition free by 2022
Extract :
# National
Nutrition Mission named as the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s
Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition (POSHAN) Abhiyaan
was launched in 2017,
as a multi-ministerial convergence mission,
with the overarching vision to make India malnutrition free by 2022.
The
Ministry of Women and Child Development has rolled out Poshan
Tracker application
The
Poshan Tracker is built using centralized data architecture, that
also aligns with the digital technology systems of
other ministries and
programs.
The
system provides a digital identity to
each beneficiary through a
digital card, and allows convergence of call centre with the
technology
platform
The
system generates automated alerts to the critical last-mile
beneficiaries.
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