GuideStar India

Direct intervention model to identify and treat malnutrition amongst the children under 10 years of age,
personalized support with provision of IFA and Protein Supplements,
community based preventive healthcare counselling sessions for malnutrition prevention,
special sensitization program for parents of malnourished children

Screening around 5000 children under 10 years for Malnutrition

Programme location

State

Maharashtra

District

Mumbai
Mumbai Suburban

Primary Classification

Health

Secondary Classification

Health, n.e.c.

Activity Classification

Health, n.e.c.

Beneficiary Groups

Children

Objectives

Immediate:
1. Improvement in the grades of malnutrition through dietary modifications and micronutrient supplementation
2. To educate mothers about malnutrition and the ways to prevent it by modifications in Diet
3. Training and building capacity of community volunteers

Long Term:
1. To make the program sustainable by upgrading Community volunteers to conduct the program
2. To bring down overall prevalence of malnutrition by improving nutritional status amongst the children.

Programme Goals

1. Improvement in the nutritional status of children under 10 years
2. Well informed parents about nutritional needs of their children and healthy eating practices

Valid Until

31/03/2020 00:00:00

Programme Title

SPARSH - Sensitization Program for Adolescent on Reproductive and Sexual Health

Description

Reaching around 9000 adolescents through Sensitization Program

Imparting knowledge about reproductive and sexual health and rights,
Address myths and misconceptions about sexuality
Discuss about Child rights, Good touch and Bad touch, Peer Pressure, Addiction and other issues of the adolescents
Sensitize teachers and parents about issues with adolescents
Need based health checkups, deworming and anemia Testing camps
counselling and referrals

Programme location

State

Maharashtra

District

Mumbai
Mumbai Suburban

Primary Classification

Health

Secondary Classification

Other Health Services

Activity Classification

Public Health Education Activities

Beneficiary Groups

Adolescents
NGOs
Street Children
Students
Teachers
Women
Youth

Objectives

1. To Implement Sexuality Education Program for adolescents in community and schools.
2. To sensitize and involve parents, teachers, actively in the program to make it more effective

Programme Achievements

• Direct Beneficiaries (Hb estimation): Total 2015 beneficiaries were covered through Hb estimation twice a year as Pre and Post testing. (Boys: 1134, Girls: 881)
• Direct Beneficiaries: (Health Activities): Total 4926 beneficiaries were covered through health awareness and education sessions, health checkups, marker day celebration in Baiganwadi and Shivaji-Nagar)

Report analysis shows range of Hb in gm% from Normal to severe. Colors of the chart are self explanatory (colors used as faint to dark to show low to high Hb). 5% are found in severe anemia that is having Hb levels below 8gm, where as only 5% are having normal Hb levels. But 57% children are mild Anemic. It implies that, only 5% adolescent are normal but mostly are either mild or moderate anemic which can be benefited from intervention

analysis after 3 months, 5% are dropouts, where as hardly 0.6% is severe anemic. Maximum beneficiaries turned to mild and normal status leaving back only 10.9% in moderate status.

Comparing to boys, girls found in severe and moderate levels of anemia in high percentage of 7.49% and 41.54% resp. unfortunately we can see only 0.5% girls having normal Hb levels. Boys have seen with higher percentage of 62% (mild) and 8% (normal) status comparing to girls.

Total 2561 beneficiaries are covered through one to group and one to one sessions. Total 119 sessions were conducted. Avg 10 beneficiaries were present for group activities.

Programme Goals

To make adolescence an informed and responsible phase of life