Event 5: Hayathabad village
Participants: 15 NSS Volunteers and 2 teachers
Females were educated about 1000 days care, complementary feeding, dietary charts with special emphasis on the benefits of breast feeding for the child as well as for the mother.
Pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under 5 yrs and from 6-10 yrs were screened for anthropometry measures to assess their nutritional status. Women were also screened for anaemia. Hb estimation was done for 19 women who presented with pallor and weakness on physical examination.
Total number of beneficiaries – 43
