A Indiya, rashin abinci mai gina jiki a cikin yara (raguwa, almubazzaranci da rashin kiba) ƙasa da shekaru 5 ya ragu kamar yadda binciken Kiwon Lafiyar Iyali na ƙasa (NFHS) ya yi -5 (2019-21) daga 38.4% zuwa 35.5%, 21.0% to 19.3% and 35.8% to 32.1% to 4% bi da bi idan aka kwatanta da NFHS-2015 (16-15). Haka kuma matsalar karancin abinci mai gina jiki a tsakanin mata masu shekaru 49-22.9 ya ragu daga kashi 18.7% zuwa kashi XNUMX%. Akwai bambance-bambance tsakanin jihohi da gundumomi. Har yanzu akwai sauran tafiya.
Don magance matsalar rashin abinci mai gina jiki, gwamnati ta fara Poshan Pakhwada (Nutrition Fornight) don wayar da kan mutane su rungumi dabi'un cin abinci na lafiya da salon rayuwa. Gangamin zai gudana ne daga ranar 9-23 ga Maris, 2024 a dukkan cibiyoyin Anganwadi (AWCs) da ake yi wa yara masu shekaru 0-6, matasa, mata masu juna biyu da masu shayarwa.
Gangamin zai maida hankali akai Poshan bhi Padhai Bhi (Ciwon Jiki da Ilimi duka) suna mai da hankali kan ingantacciyar kulawar yara da ilimi (ECCE); al'adun abinci na gida, gargajiya, yanki da na kabilanci; lafiyar mata masu juna biyu; da ayyukan ciyar da jarirai da ƙanana (IYCF).
Sauran ayyuka kamar kiyaye ruwa a AWCs, haɓaka tsarin abinci mai ɗorewa ta hanyar amfani da gero, ɗaukar salon rayuwa ta hanyar ayyukan AYUSH, sarrafa gudawa, wayar da kan jama'a game da gwajin anemia, magani da magana, Swasth Balak Sapardha (Gasar Yara ta Lafiya) don haɓaka sa ido kan girma na yara.
Tun bayan kaddamar da Aikin Gina Jiki a shekarar 2018, 5 Poshan Pakhwada kuma 6 Poshan Maah (Watan abinci mai gina jiki) an shirya a duk faɗin ƙasar a cikin AWC miliyan 1.396.
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 will be organised to sensitise people to adopt health eating habits and lifestyles. The campaign will run from March 9-23, 2024 at all Anganwadi centres (AWCs) targeting children aged 0-6 years, adolescents, pregnant women and lactating mothers.){kind=link}