POSHAN ABHIYAAN CELEBRATIONS | Show 01 | Interview with ICDS District Project Officer Ms. Jayanthi about the work done by ICDS

      POSHAN ABHIYAAN is the Nation's flagship programme to improve the nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant of women and lactating mothers. What was initially only a week long programme called National Nutrition Week has since evolved into a month long celebration as health is the biggest wealth and healthy mother and children will contribute massively to the development of the Nation.       In this show hosted by RJ Abi, we listen to an interview from the District Project Officer of ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) - Ms. Jayanthi. First, we get to know about ICDS and the work done by it. Then Ms. Jayanthi gets into the details of the work done by the group. ICDS effectively makes use of the Anganwadi centres in various towns and villages to provide proper care and support to pregnant women, new mothers and children (especially those under age 6). In this show, Ms. Jayanthi discusses the benefits for women utilizing these schemes provided by the government to ease any financial stresses and to raise healthy children. We also get to hear about how pregnant women can register their pregnancies to their local Anganwadi centres, after which they will be regularly followed and provided support.