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HIGHLIGHTS
• 516 Community Health Workers (CHWs) were deployed in 62 districts across six states, including 31 drought-affected districts where the World Health Organization (WHO) is implementing drought response activities.
• 263 703 people were reached with preventive messages for epidemic-prone diseases including COVID-19.
• 40 COVID-19 alerts were notified to district-based rapid response teams. Two (5%) alerts were investigated and, of these, all the 2 (100%) were confirmed as true alerts • 5564 children under the age of 5 years with acute diarrhoea were identified and treated in the community with oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc.
• 6191 children under the age of 5 years were screened for malnutrition by CHWs using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) tape, of whom 1912 (30.9%) were suffering from moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and 1010 (16.3%) were suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). MAM and SAM cases were referred for additional treatment.
• 4321 pregnant women were given iron and folic acid supplements, 1182 children aged 6 to 59 months were given vitamin A supplements, and 14 028 lactating mothers were sensitized on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) activities.
• 3363 severely malnourished children with medical complications were admitted to 47 nutrition stabilization centres that are supported by WHO, of whom 3004 (89.3%) were cured, 70 (2.1%) were registered as defaulters, while 55 (1.6%) died.
• 77 460 people in drought-affected communities, including 36 724 (47.4%) children under 5 years, received integrated primary health care services.