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Project Muskan - Eradication of Malnutrition, Burhanpur (MP) Innovation (District) at the complete eradication of P roject Muskan is an initiative aimed a blend of innovation and ideas from other Madhya Pradesh.

The project is sources, with a focus on identifying and malnutrition Burhanpur, from addressing the root causes of malnutrition in the district.

Strategy facilities, and increasing the accommodation capacity of the NRCs.
One innovative solution was the use of Nutrimix powder, which was prepared under the supervision of a dietician for children under the Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), and severe underweight categories.

This helped to provide children with the necessary nutrients and improve their health and well-being.
A book titled “Project Muskan” was also The first step in the project was to conduct a published by district administration and was complete screening of all children in the district sent to State Government.

Another innovative in the age group of 0-5 years.

This was done to program was “Adopt an Anganwadi” initiative identify the children who were suffering from which gave officers and political leaders in the malnutrition and to determine the severity of district charge of a single Anganwadi.
This their condition.

Data was gathered through Anganwadi Workers (AWW), Auxiliary Nurse helped to increase community involvement and support for the program, as well as Midwives (ANM), and Accredited Social Health accountability.

The district administration also Activists (ASHA), and maintained in an Excel encouraged self-initiative among government sheet for easy tracking and analysis.
Regular teachers, who adopted a SAM/MAM child meetings of ASHA and ANM were taken by and provided them with a banana or seasonal the district Collector to motivate the team fruit and milk on a regular basis.

This helped and ensure that they were providing the best to provide children with nutritious food and possible care to the children.

The focus was improve their health.


on improving infrastructure, developing new 125 To prioritize the treatment of children under raising awareness and increasing community the SAM category, ANM, ASHA, and district officers motivated parents to admit their involvement.

Proper database management was also implemented to track the children child into the NRC for treatment.

Community under treatment and those who had been participation was also encouraged, with discharged after treatment.
volunteer and SHG women working alongside ANM and ASHA to advertise the scheme and raise awareness.

Regular posts on social media and publication of news in local newspapers helped to spread the word about Project Muskan throughout the district, As part of the replication process, the project team began to use locally grown fruit such as bananas for distribution among malnutrition children.
This helped to provide children with a nutritious and locally sourced food source, 126 which was easily accessible and affordable.

help to provide a model for effective and Overall, Project Muskan was a comprehensive sustainable solutions to malnutrition in India.

and innovative approach to eradicating malnutrition in Burhanpur.
By focusing on identifying and addressing the root causes of malnutrition, the project was able to achieve significant improvements in the health and well-being of the children in the district.

The replication of the project in other areas could Outcome The impact of Project Muskan has been significant in terms of its demographic and geographical reach.
The project has targeted 127 all children in the age group of 0-5 years children, 1,848 out of 2,078 MAM children, and across the entire district of Burhanpur.

This 438 out of 456 severely underweight children.

has ensured that no child is left behind and This success rate of the project indicates the all children are given an equal opportunity to extent of the positive impact it has had on the receive treatment for malnutrition.

demographic it has targeted.


The geographical The demographic reach of the project has been extensive, with a total of 3,240 children being identified in the initial screening.

The project has specifically targeted children who are suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), medium acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe underweight.
The project has successfully treated 715 out of 752 SAM reach of the project has been comprehensive as well, with the implementation of the project in every corner of the district.

The project has utilized the existing healthcare infrastructure, with the COVID building being converted into an NRC and a new 30-bedded hospital being opened at National Newsprint & Paper Mills Ltd. (NEPA) Mill Nepanagar.
The project has also adopted an Anganwadi program, which 128 has ensured that children in even the most In conclusion, Project Muskan has had a remote areas of the district are able to receive significant impact on the demographic and treatment for malnutrition.

The impact of the project has been further amplified by the use of local resources such as locally grown fruit and syrups instead of tablets for children.
This has made the project more accessible and sustainable, while also promoting the use of locally grown resources.

geographical reach of the project.

The project has targeted all children in the age group of 0-5 years across the entire district of Burhanpur, and has successfully treated a vast majority of the children suffering from malnutrition.

The project has also utilized existing healthcare infrastructure and local resources to make the project more accessible and sustainable.

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