Malnutrition Guidelines

Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Ministry of Public Health said that the number of malnourished mothers and children in the country has slightly increased compared to past years

The centre plans to come up with firm guidelines on a scheme to tackle community-based malnutrition (CMAMwhich will include norms on the amount of calories required by a person. Sources in the Ministry for Women and Child Development (WCD) say that the guidelines will be finalised by September.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had initially in 2013 issued draft guidelines but since then the administrative control of governing the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) scheme has been passed on to the WCD ministry. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry had again in 2016 revised its draft guidelines and submitted to WCD. The guidelines are likely to include a detection mechanism and parameter for malnutrition. It will also include norms on the amount of calories required for a person. Sources involved in the discussions say that norms will identify the role of ASHA workers in identifying malnutrition cases, providing secondary support and indicating ...