Child, Adolescent and Woman Nutrition in India

Preface

SECTION I

MALNUTRITION IN INDIA: CURRENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES

1. Woman, Adolescent and Child Nutrition

An Overview of Evolvement of Policies and Programmes in India 1947-2022

Sheila C. Vir

2. Magnitude of the Malnutrition Problem in India

An Overview of the Situation of Children, Adolescent Girls and Women

Sheila C. Vir and Reema Chugh

3. Determinants of Undernutrition in Children and Women

Sheila C. Vir and Reema Chugh

4. Maternal and Child Undernutrition

Programmes, Experiences and Current Focus

Sheila C. Vir

5. Iron Deficiency Anaemia

Anaemia Prevention and Control Programme: Evolvement of Policies and Programme, 1970-2017 and Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) 2018

Sheila C. Vir

6. National Policy on Management of Vitamin A Deficiency and Biannual Vitamin A Supplementation Strategy

Sheila C. Vir

7. National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme (NIDDCP)

Universal Salt Iodization (USI) Programme: A Success Story

Sheila C. Vir

8. Fortification of Cereals, Oil and Salt with Micronutrients

Policy and Programme Management

Sheila C. Vir

CHILD, ADOLESCENT AND WOMAN NUTRITION IN INDIA

SECTION II

AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRIMARY PROGRAMME DELIVERY SYSTEMS: DIRECT NUTRITION AND NUTRITION SENSITIVE INTERVENTIONS

9. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme

Sheila C. Vir

10. National Health Mission

Evolvement of System, Policy and Interventions for Maternal, Child and Adolescent Nutrition Care

Jyoti Sharma and Sheila C.Vir

11. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) Potential of Women Collectives in Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition Situation

Sheila C. Vir

12. Public Distribution System Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and the National Food Security Act (NFSA)

Sheila C. Vir

13. National Programme of Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) Prime Minister Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)-Mainstreaming Feeding and Nutrition in the School System

Sheila C. Vir

14. WASH Programme in India

Addressing the Underlying Determinant of Malnutrition

Sheila C. Vir and Reema Chugh

SECTION III

INTENSIFYING MEASURES TO ADDRESS MALNUTRITION IN WOMEN, ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN

15. POSHAN ABHIYAAN and POSHAN 2.0

Experiences and Plan of Actions

Sheila C. Vir

Index