93,783 children have been diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition and 5.7 lakh with moderate acute malnutrition in Maharashtra.
Steps taken by government to overcome malnutrition:
1. Promotion of infant and young child feeding practices.
2. Management of malnutrition at community and facility level by trained service providers.
3. Treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition at special units called the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs), set up at public health facilities.
4. A special program to combat micronutrient deficiencies of Vitamin A, Iron and Folic acid.
5. The initiatives like Mother and Child protection card, village health and nutrition days, are taken by the government for addressing the nutrition concerns in children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Various NCOs working in this field:
1. Akshay Patra
2. Fight Hunger Foundation,
3. Feeding India,
4. No Hungry child
