Jaipur, Feb 26: A total of 9,500 children of 13 districts have been covered by the Rajasthan government under the first phase of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme.
As part of the six-month long first phase of CMAM, 9,500 children were selected from 41 blocks in 13 out of total 33 districts in the state, Health Minister Rajendra Rathore said, noting that the programme delivered encouraging results with 80 per cent of the screened children showing improvement.
After the completion of the first phase on February 28, the children will be monitored and made free from acute malnutrition in the second phase, he said.
As part of the CMAM programme, a survey of around 2.25 lakh children was conducted in the districts with poor health parameters.
The minister noted that under the programme, volunteers treat children with acute malnutrition before they become seriously ill.
Caregivers provide treatment to the affected children in their homes using energy dense nutritional supplements and routine medical care, the minister said in a statement.
Rathore said in the first phase, care was given to children and their parents were made aware and in the next phase, monitoring of the children will be conducted on weekly basis.
