Key Highlights
- She also underscored the importance of sustained awareness campaigns on the consumption of thiamine-rich foods and effective Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities to facilitate early identification and timely treatment of the deficiency.
- Addressing a meeting of the District Health Society at the office of the District Health and Family Welfare Officer on January 2, Ms.
- Nandini said that infant deaths linked to thiamine deficiency are preventable if timely and coordinated measures are implemented by the Health Department.
- She directed ASHA and anganwadi workers to work in close coordination to identify malnourished children in their respective areas.
- All children in the 0–6 year group should be screened regularly and categorised as Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) or Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM).
