Health and Hygiene

1. Uttar Pradesh State Nutrition Mission

Recognising the far-reaching impact of undernutrition on the survival and growth of a child, the government of UP established the State Nutrition Mission in November 2014.

Aim of Mission: 

• To accelerate efforts towards reducing high levels of maternal and child malnutrition.

• To guide the Mission in its work, the state developed a 10-year Vision document (2014-2024) outlining the Mission's role, objectives, key priorities and broad framework of action for planning around nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions.

• The Mission is playing a catalytic role in accelerating efforts directed towards reducing undernutrition among children by converging and collaborating with nodal departments and ensuring effective and quality implementation of nutrition interventions.
• The focus of the Mission is on the first 1,000 days, i.e., from conception till the first two years of life. Since its inception, the Mission has worked closely with district administrations and key government departments to implement a village adoption strategy (whereby senior officials adopt a village each for monitoring interventions), strengthening of Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHNDs), organising child weighing campaigns and campaigns for maternal health and nutrition.
• In addition, a state-wide spot feeding-cum-counselling scheme for pregnant women and severely underweight children was rolled out with government funds to reach the most vulnerable.