Rajasthan government today claimed that its programme to manage acute malnutrition among children has delivered encouraging results and brought down significantly the death rate.
Out of 9,529 children identified with acute malnutrition, 8,026 have been cured under Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme, state Health Minister Rajendra Rathore said.
He said this during a video conferencing with officials and also gave them necessary directions.
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The programme was launched on December 22 last year, covering more than 1,600 villages in 41 blocks of 13 districts.
In the first phase of the programme, 9,529 children were identified and they were treated for two months. In the next phase, health of those children will be monitored for four months, Rathore said.
Mission Director Naveen Jain said due to the programme, the death rate of children suffering from malnutrition has reduced significantly.
Weight of 93.6 per cent children increased during the two-month treatment and due to the participation of community, the dropout rate was just four per cent, he said.
The caregivers provide treatment for the majority of children suffering from acute malnutrition at home using energy-dense nutritional supplements and routine medical care, Jain said.
