Lok Sabha Question No. 2218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: REKHA ARUN VERMA, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

(a)

- There are 965 Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) func tional in the country.
- It is estimated that around 93.4 lakhs children are having severe acute malnutritio National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -4.
- A total of 1,30,908, 1,72,902 and 1,76,310 children were enrolled at these NRCs in th 2014- 15,  2015 - 16 and 2016 - 17 respectively.

State/UT-wise details regarding the number of children enrolled at these NRCs duri last three years is placed at annexure I.

(b): Under National Health Mission, Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) have been s up at public health facilities to treat and manage the children with Severe Acute Maln (SAM) admitted with medical complications.

- Children  are  admitted  as  per the  defined  admission criteria  and  provided  with medical  and  nutritional therapeutic care.
- The  services  and  care  provided  for  the  in - patient  management  of  SAM  children include:
1. 24 hour care and monitoring of the child
2. Treatment of medical complications

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2218 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY, 2017

## NUTRITION REHABILITA TION CENTRES

## 2218. SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of rehabilitation centres along with the number of children with severe and acute malnutrition and the total number of children enrolled at these Nutrition R ehabilitation Centres (NRCs) during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise;

(b) the mechanism put in place by NRCs to identify and improve the condition of severe and acute malnourished children; and

(c)  the total  number  of  such  cases wherein  children  admitted  in  NRCs  have successfully recovered?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

3. Therapeutic feeding
4. Providing sensory stimulation and emotional care
5. Social assessment of the family to identify and address contributing factors
6. Counseling on appropriate feeding, care and hygiene
7. Demonstration and practice - by - doingon the preparation of energy dense child foods using locally available, culturally acceptable and affordable food items

Follow up of children discharged from the NRCs are also carried out.

- (c): During the year 2016 - 17,  1,01,714 children admitted in these NRCs have successfully recovered.

## Annexure

| Sr. No   | State/UTs           | Children admitted in NRCs   | Children admitted in NRCs   | Children admitted in NRCs   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sr. No   | State/UTs           | 2014-15                     | 2015-16                     | 2016-17                     |
|          | India               | 1,30,908                    | 1,72,909                    | 1,76,340                    |
| 1        | Bihar               | 2439                        | 8483                        | 7070                        |
| 2        | Chattisgarh         | 6336                        | 11789                       | 13293                       |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh    | 197                         | 674                         | 672                         |
| 4        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 82                          | 922                         | 852                         |
| 5        | Jharkhand           | 1912                        | 6253                        | 6417                        |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh      | 82801                       | 79527                       | 77714                       |
| 7        | Odisha              | 4632                        | 6765                        | 8864                        |
| 8        | Rajasthan           | 3587                        | 8198                        | 10402                       |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh       | 2470                        | 7271                        | 11386                       |
| 10       | Uttarakhand         | 252                         | 280                         | 172                         |
| 11       | Arunachal Pradesh   | --                          | 6                           | 6                           |
| 12       | Assam               | 1156                        | 1109                        | 1460                        |
| 13       | Meghalaya           | 303                         | 270                         | 228                         |
| 14       | Andhra Pradesh      | 3859                        | 4446                        | 4263                        |
| 15       | Telangana           | 1677                        | 3529                        | 3565                        |
| 16       | Gujarat             | 9971                        | 15511                       | 18119                       |
| 17       | Haryana             | 48                          | 1059                        | 685                         |
| 18       | Karnataka           | 4137                        | 4694                        | 4424                        |
| 19       | Kerala              | --                          | 121                         | 121                         |
| 20       | Maharashtra         | 1507                        | 3489                        | 2305                        |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu          | 146                         | 2971                        | --                          |
| 22       | West Bengal         | 2095                        | 4375                        | 2946                        |
| 23       | Chandigarh          | 258                         | 105                         | 97                          |
| 24       | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | --                          | 30                          | 67                          |
| 25       | Delhi               | 1043                        | 1032                        | 1212                        |