Micronutrient Initiative Project

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Micronutrient Initiative Project Gujarat
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What are Micronutrients ?

• The nutrients which are required by the body in
  very small amounts but on regular basis are
  termed as Micronutrients.
• E.g. Vitamins Minerals

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These nutrients play a vital role in the
regulation of the metabolic activity in the body
and in formation of body structure and
skeleton. These nutrients are to be made
available regularly through food. Diet devoid of
vegetables fruits do not provide these to the
body thus causing various deficiency
disorders.
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Among all the essential micronutrients, the
deficiency of Vitamin A, Iodine and Iron have
caused serious public health concern in India.
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Vitamin- A Deficiency (VAD) is the most common
cause of preventable blindness in children
leads to an increased risk of morbidity
mortality.
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Iodine deficiency impairs growth, development
intellectual capacity. Iodine Deficiency
Disorders (IDD) is the main cause for cretinism
in children.
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Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is responsible for
premature delivery, low birth weight baby
maternal mortality. It affects peoples working
capacity learning ability in children.
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• All the above disorders (VAD, IDD IDA) can be
  easily overcome by consuming a diet rich in
• Fruits
• GLVs
• Other vegetables
• Daily portions of cereals and pulses.
  
  
  
  
  

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• Another way to overcome the above deficiencies is
  by
• Consuming food that is fortified with these
  nutrients.
• MI is involved in fortification supplementation
  programmes for the needy.

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M.I. Gujarat is dealing with problem of
anaemia by
1. Supplementation
By providing Iron folic acid tablets to school
going adolescent Girls under Adolescent
Girls anaemia Control Programme.
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2. Fortification
By fortifying RTE food candies with Iron
folic acid along with Vit.A Vit. C and also
supplying fortified candies to Pre
schoolchildren ,Adolescent girls, newly
married women , pregnant women Lactating
mothers under 1. Fortification of RTE Food
Programme . 2. Nutricandy Programme
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3. Promoting consumption of Iron rich food

By developing and distributing IEC
materials.
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Adolescent Girls Anaemia Control Programme
( Supplementation Programme )
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Coverage of Adolescent Girls - Under Anaemia
Control Programme
Gujarat - Adolescent Girls 10 of population
(506710000)
App. 5067100
School Going Adolescent Girls
Non - School Going Adolescent Girls
9,78,188
4088914
2,81,637 6,96,551
12,20520 28,68394
In MI districts
In UNICEF districts
MI UNICEF
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Prevalence of Anaemia in adolescent girls
1.6
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15.1
74 .7 Total Anaemic girls
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Intervention for Anaemia Control

• M.I. Is providing Iron Folic Acid Tablets (
  large ) containing
• Iron - 100 mg
• Folic Acid - 500 mcg
• to be distributed to adolescent girls, once a
  week on Wednesday in Nine districts . Similarly
  UNICEF is also providing Iron -folic
  acid tablets to school going adolescent girls
  in sixteen districts .

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Districts Covered under Adolescent Girls Anaemia
Control Programme
UNICEF districts
MI districts
1 . Ahmedabad 2 . Kheda 3 . Vadodara 4 .
Bharuch 5 . Surat 6 . Valsad 7 . Surendranagar 8
. Rajkot 9 . Amreli
10. Bhavnagar 11. Junagarh 12. Porbandar 13.
Jamnagar 14. Kuchh Bhuj 15. Patan 16. Dangs
1 . Bansakanthha 2 . Sabarkantha 3 .
Gandhinagar 4 . Mehsana 5 . Anand 6 .
Panchmahals 7 . Dahod 8 . Navsari 9 . Narmada
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Beneficiaries covered by MI
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Beneficiaries covered by UNICEF
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Adolescent Girls Anaemia Control Programme
11 Schools were visited by MI staff and 572 girls
were engaged in group discussion .Also they were
asked open ended questions.Response was as
follows
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Nutricandy
( Fortification Programme )
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Districts covered under Nutricandy project
1. Vadodara R
2. Bharuch
3. Narmada
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Beneficiaries
1. ICDS Beneficiaries 2 6 years
children Pregnant women Lactating
mothers 2. Other Beneficiaries Adolescent
girls ( 11 18 years ) Newly married women
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No. of Beneficiaries
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Fortification
Nutri-candies are fortified with Micronutrients,
as follows
Vit.A
500 I.U.
Vit.C
10 mg
Iron
7 mg.
Folic acid
50 mcg
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Fortified Ready to Eat Food ( RTE Food )
( Fortification Programme )
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( 1 ) Ready to Eat Food ( RTE Food )
Fortified Powdered RTE
Fortified Mamari
Beneficiaries 3 to 6 Years Children
Pregnant Women Lactating mothers
6 months to 3 Years Children
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Districts covered under RTE food programme are
1. Mehsana
2. Patan
3. Panchmahal
4. Dahod
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No. of Beneficiaries for fortified RTE food are
1. Mehsana
61000
2. Patan
66000
3. Panchmahal
70000
4. Dahod
1,53000
3,50000
Total
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Agency through which project is implemented
ICDS
No. of Anganwadis involved Mehsana 1315 Patan 11
74 Panchmahals 1930 Dahod 2008 Total 6688
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