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POSHAN ABHIYAN
since: 2012
Name Of The Initiative
Poshan Abhiyan
Allied Organisation
Sankalp Samaj Savi Sanstha
Working together since
2015
States
Madhya Pradesh
Villages Reached
48
Blocks Reached
3
Districts Reached
3
No Of Girls
5,595
No Of Boys
5,862
No Of People With Disability
96
Families Indirectly Benefited
909
Vulnerable Groups Reached
Tribal, Dalit, Women, Children
Focus Areas Of Intervention
Empowering the communities to access their rights over land, water, forests and other commons; advocating for their participation in public welfare schemes; restoring rights of women and girls, and ensuring their safety; and advocating for providig them with equal socio-economic opportunities.
Basic Information about the initiative
Madhya Pradesh is the home of the greatest population of severely malnourished children in India. In Madhya Pradesh 60% of children are malnourished. The National Family Health Survey-3 estimates that 1.26 million under five children in Madhya Pradesh are suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). These children have high mortality rates ranges in the range of 20-30% children suffer from SAM due to the cumulative effects of poor diet, lack of health services, and diseases, such as Diarrhea. The situation of Madhya Pradesh is "extremely alarming" on the global hunger index 2008 and it is comparable to the African countries of Ethiopia and Chad. GHI measures hunger on the basis of three indicators namely child malnutrition, child mortality rates and the number of people who are calorie deficient. And the state of Madhya Pradesh depicts worst performance on all the three indicators. Madhya Pradeshメs poor performance on the GHI is primarily due to its relatively high levels of child malnutrition and undernourishment resulting from calorie deficient diets.
KeyWords
Livelihood; land rights; Tribals, Child rights; women rights; gender equality; welfare;
Families Benefited
5,195
Population Benefited
39,513
Women Benefited
13,559
Men Benefited
14,401
Children Benefited
11,457
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