Success-Stories-on-Health-Sector

assam
nutrition CounsElling Cum managEmEnt CEntrE:
a CommunitY FoCusED aPProaCH to Combat malnutrition & unDEr FivE mortalitY
ProblEm statEmEnt
Assam has a population of about 32 million, of which
4.5 million are infants and young children. Prevalence
of under-nutrition is high in assam with 41.1 per cent
of children under three years stunted, 35.8 per cent
underweight, and 16.7 per cent wasted with 4 per cent
children severely wasted. The proportion of infants who
initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth is 76 percent;
however the proportion of children who are exclusively
breastfed for six months is only 40 per cent. Timely
introduction of complementary foods (with continued
breastfeeding) in infants 6-8 months old is 60 per cent.
ProgrammE DEsCriPtion
nutrition Counselling-cum Management Centre (nCMC)
is a unique initiative of assam, implemented by national
Health Mission. Presently 25 nCMCs are functional in
Assam. NCMCs are set up at different levels as per the
health needs and where large proportion of marginalized
people resides. Each nCMC has a full time nutrition
counsellor who provides nutrition counselling to pregnant
women and mothers of young children (