Soumitra Sethia

Maternal health profile of children with severe acute malnutrition admitted in NRC’s of Bhopal

The word malnutrition is a broad term which covers both under-nutrition and over-nutrition (over weight). Globally malnutrition poses problems with effects on the survival of under-five children, increased incidence and prevalence of acute and chronic diseases, delayed milestones leading to declined economic growth of individuals and societies. Maternal and child undernutrition encompasses stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of essential vitamins and minerals, maternal anemia and low BMI. Maternal malnutrition contribute to 20% of childhood stunting according to WHO.

A Study on Utilization and Satisfaction of ICDS Services in Aanganwadis of Urban Bhopal

Background: Though ICDS is the world’s largest community-based child nutrition and development program, even after more than 35 years of its implementation the dilemma still exists regarding the extent of utilization and quality of services provided through aanganwadis.. Method: This was a cross-sectional study done in 40 aanganwadis of Bhopal city in a period of three months. Forty aanganwadis were selected from the urban area of Bhopal. Six registered beneficiaries from each of these 40 selected aanganwadis were interviewed. Results: Out of 240 beneficiaries, 35 (14.5) were pregnant women, 40 (16.67 ) were lactating females, 81 (33.75) were mothers of children aged greater than 0–3 years, 49 (20.42) were mothers of children aged 3–6 years, 32 (13.33) were adolescent girls (10–19 years) and 03 (01.25) were women of reproductive age. 166 (69.16%) were satisfied with the services, while the rest 74 (30.84%) were not satisfied with the services. Conclusions: Improvement in the quality of services is the need of the hour to keep the satisfaction and utilization level.