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HIGHLIGHTS
• 222 Community Health Workers (CHWs) were deployed in nine districts across six states, including nine drought affected districts where the World Health Organization (WHO) is implementing drought response activities.
• 75 362 people were reached with preventative messages for epidemic-prone diseases including water and vector-borne diseases and respiratory pathogens including COVID-19.
• 945 children under the age of 5 years with acute diarrhoea were identified and treated in the community with oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc.
• CHWs screened 13 195 children under the age of five for malnutrition using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement, of whom 2830 (21.4%) had moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and 897 (6.8%) had severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Children with MAM were referred to an outpatient therapeutic programme (OTP) while those with SAM were referred to stabilization centres.
• 867 pregnant women were given iron and folic acid supplements, 716 children aged 6 to 59 months were given vitamin A supplements, and 7990 lactating mothers were sensitized on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) activities.
• 2756 severely malnourished children with medical complications were admitted to 48 nutrition stabilization centres that are supported by WHO, of whom 2470 (89.6%) were cured, 25 (0.9%) were registered as defaulters, while 21 (0.8%) died.
• 16 511 people in drought-affected communities, including 6014 (36.4%) children under 5 years, received integrated primary health care services.