Conducting Baseline Study in 44 Villages in Tonk and Ajmer

Agency : EKJUT, Jharkhand

It is globally acknowledged that the first 1000 days of life – i.e., period from conception to end of first two years – is a critical window of opportunity to address child undernutrition. In India, focus of nutrition interventions for Indian children have largely been child centric, feeding centric and interventions after birth. Moreover, the focus of government of India’s flagship programme to address undernutrition, Integrated Child Development Scheme(ICDS), in practicality focuses more on children aged 3 to 6 years and Anganwadi worker usually spends comparatively very little time on interventions of first 1000 days of life.

IIHMR has conducted a baseline for Ekjut, Jharkhand in Tonk and Ajmer district of Rajasthan under a Children’s Investment Fund Foundation supported project - Community intervention through Participatory Learning and Action and Home visits for counselling to improve growth among children under 2 years of age. Taken a sample size of 2000 mothers, data was collected on demographic details, education, assets and amenities, shocks, and coping mechanisms etc., information related to child's breastfeeding and immunization, food frequency, child's dietary diversity and access to anganwadi services. During the survey, child's MUAC measurement was also taken. The baseline study conducted during November-December 2016.

It was found that minimum dietary diversity (children taking food from at least four food groups) among children 6-24 months was 7.23% and only 2.82% children were receiving an adequate diet. 2.92% children were severely malnourished as per MUAC measurement. On services received from Anganwadi Centres, 39.59% mothers responded that they did not receive take home ration (THR) for their children at all in the last three months, Only 58% mothers responded confirming that their children were weighed in the last three months. And 64.51% mothers, whose children were weighed in the last three months, said that they did not receive counselling from anganwadi workers.



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