YUPIA, Sep 30: Poshan Maah 2024, into its seventh edition, organized by the Woman and Child Development Department, Papum Pare district announced concluded at the DC conference hall here today, with the best performers of the month-long campaign to eliminate malnutrition including CDPOs, Supervisors, AWWs (Anganwadi workers) and AWHs (Anganwadi helpers) getting felicitated by the Dept with certificates and cash prizes.
The Poshan Maah 2024 launched on 1st September is an intensive month-long campaign dedicated to ensuring nutritional awareness and mobilization across the country. It aims to eliminate malnutrition by improving nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
This year the focus areas of the PoshanMaah were awareness activities on anaemia, growth monitoring, complementary feeding, technology for better governance, environment protection and ‘poshan bhi padhai bhi’.
Joining the celebrations, Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner Jiken Bomjen called for inter sectoral coordination for successful implementation of the welfare schemes under the WCD.
He lauded the efforts of the AWWs and AWHs and stated: “These field functionaries are the backbone of our grassroots health and nutrition programs. Their continuous engagement with communities, families, and children ensures the effective delivery of services. Their roles in bridging the gap between government initiatives and the rural population make them essential to the success of schemes like the Poshan Abhiyan.”
DD (ICDS) Jaya Taba highlighted the month-long activities under Poshan Maah which included intensified door-to-door awareness campaigns, tree plantation drives, cleanliness activities, walkathon etc.
The field functionaries also shared their experiences of the intensified month-long awareness campaign.
The valedictory event was attended by CDPOs, Supervisors, AWWs and AWHs from all eight ICDS projects. (DIPRO)