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Healthy Nutrition

About Healthy Nutrition

• The Elements of a Healthy Diet
  • Fats
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fibre
  • Proteins
  • Vitamins and Minerals
  • Vitamins
  • Major Minerals
  • Antioxidants
     
• Planning Balanced Meals
  • Principles of Healthy Eating
  • Variety
     
• Preparing Balanced Meals
  • Purchasing
  • Harvesting
  • Storing
  • Preserving
  • Processing
  • Preparing
     
• Healthy Drinking

About Essential Nutrition Actions at Critical Stages in the Life Cycle of Women and Children

• During Preconception and Pregnancy
• Breastfeeding Mothers
• Benefits of Breastfeeding
• Common Breastfeeding difficulties
• Breastfeeding Resources
• Infants from birth to the first six months
  • FADUA - Frequency, Amount, Density, Use of food and Active feeding
• Infants from six months to one year
• Young Children from one year to three years
• Infant and young Child nutrition during and after illness

Knowledge Tests

• Breastfeeding
• Complementary Feeding and Feeding of Sick Child
• Maternal Nutrition

Practices and Behaviours Self Assessment Tools

The following Essential Nutrition Actions (ENAs) are recommended:

• For Mothers during pregnancy
• At Delivery and Immediate Post-partum
• At Post Natal and during the first six months
• For young children between 6-59 months
• When child or mother is sick

Malnutrition

About Malnutrition

• Anthropometric Definitions of Malnutrition
  (definition of stunted, wasted and underweight)
• Micronutrient Deficiencies
  • Micronutrient Deficiencies Information Table
• Impact of Malnutrition
• Underlying Causes of Malnutrition

Nutrition in the Context of HIV/AIDS

Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV/AIDS

• Infant Feeding in the First Six Months
• Infant Feeding from 6-12 Months
• HIV Testing and Follow-up

Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS

• Nutrition Requirements for People Living with HIV/AIDS
• The Cycle of Malnutrition and HIV/AIDS
  • Programmatic considerations on Nutrition Interventions
• Home-based Nutritional Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS
  • Coping with Complications of HIV/AIDS

Protection, Promotion and Support of Healthy Maternal, Infant and Young Child Feeding

Protection, Promotion and Support

• Underlying Principles of Protection, Promotion and Support of healthy Nutrition
• High-impact Nutrition Interventions

The Essential Nutrition Actions (ENAs) Approach

• Healthy Maternal Nutrition
• Exclusive Breastfeeding for Infants 0-6 months
• Healthy Complementary Feeding for Children 6-35 months
• Feeding a Sick Child, during and after Illness
• Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)
• Control of Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA)
• Control of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD)
   
• Key Messages to Improve the Nutrition of Women & Young Children

Service Quality Self Assessment Tools

• Ante-Natal Contact
• Delivery and immediate post-partum contact
• Well-Baby care, post-natal care, immunization and growth monitoring contact
• Sick Child Contact (IMCI at facility and community level)
• Family Planning Contact

Early Detection and Referral of Children with Malnutrition

Growth Monitoring Chart

• Plotting the Weight on the Growth Monitoring Chart
• Interpretation of good or bad Growth
• Challenges with the Growth Monitoring Chart

Detection and Referral of Children with Acute Malnutrition

• Screening for Acute Malnutrition
• Interpretation of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) indicators
• Setting up a referral system for Acute Malnutrition (community and facility level)

Detection and Referral of Micronutrient Deficiencies

• Clinical Signs of Iron Deficiency Anaemia, Vitamin A Deficiency and Iodine Deficiency Disorders
• Detection and Referral of Severe Anaemia

Management of Malnutrition in Children Under Five Years

Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition - Diagnosis of Acute Malnutrition

• Anthropometric Measurement Techniques
  • Taking Weight-for-Height/Length
  • Calculating Weight-Height/Length
• Interpretation of Anthropometric Indicators
• Decision-making at a glance

Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Under Five Years

• Introduction
• Admission
• In-patient Treatment Phase 1
• In-patient Treatment Transition
• In-patient Treatment Phase 2
• Out-patient Treatment Phase 2
• Discharge and Follow-up
• Special Cases
  • Failure to Respond

Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Children Under Five Years

• Introduction
• Admission
• Supplementary Feeding Programs
• Discharge and Follow-up

Management of Micronutrient Deficiencies

• Management of Iron Deficiency anaemia (IDA)
• Management of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD)

Information Management Systems

Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Introduction
• Indicators (baseline, impact, output and performance)
• Means of Data Collection
• Use and Presentation of Data

Sharing Good Practices

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Nutrition and Malnutrition in India Nutrition & Malnutrition Resources specifically for India Overview of Malnutrition Situation in India The Bleakest Nutrition Figures at a Glance   India's Primary Policy Response: the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Program Program Outline Challenges and Way Forward   National Family Healthy Survey (NFHS-3 ) 2005-2006 India National Reports Chapter 10 - Nutrition and Anaemia  608kb   Indian National Guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding   Complementary Feeding Guidelines   IFA supplementation   Indian Pediatrics & Child Survival   Food & Nutrition Board Recommendations   Child Malnourishment in India   Commercial Interference in Tackling Hunger and Malnutrition   Strategies for Children under Six   Nutrition and Malnutrition in Maharashtra Overview of Malnutrition Situation in Maharashtra The Bleakest Nutrition Figures at a Glance   The Nutrition Component of the Child Development Centre (CDC) Program in Maharashtra, India

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29 July, 2008