Raipur, 02 September 2020. The entire month of September is being celebrated in the country as ‘Nutrition Month’. During this time the importance of proper nutrition will be explained to the public and serious malnourished children will be identified and referred and managed. The Health Department will also work in coordination with the Department of Women and Child Development during Nutrition Month and various activities for nutrition awareness will be organized by them. In this regard, instructions have been issued to all Chief Medical and Health Officers from Directorate Health Services.
All the activities in the nutrition month will be conducted through digital platform following the instructions related to Kovid-19. During this period, sensitization of the community through digital nutrition panchayat, home visits and village health nutrition day, public awareness of anemia and diarrhea, digital competitions based on nutrition and nutrition related programs will be broadcast. The activities carried out during this month will also be uploaded on the Dashboard Portal of the Jan Andolan, Government of India.
