Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 5: Secretary, Health & Medical Education (H&ME), Bhupinder Kumar as we speak chaired a gathering of committee constituted to work on Health and Nutrition underneath Viksit Bharat Abhiyan to work out methods and motion plan for eliminating Anaemia, Micro Nutrient deficiencies, stunting and losing throughout J&Okay.
The assembly was held with an purpose to establish measurable indicators on every thematic space and to organize technique/ motion plan for addressing recognized gaps for enchancment of the symptoms by focused strategy with timelines.
During the assembly, the Committee deliberated upon varied points affecting well being and vitamin of basic lots .Detailed discussions have been held on severely of the issue and measures required for strengthening of current interventions in coordination with different stakeholder departments for addressing the problems.
The Committee, through the assembly, additionally developed consensus that there’s must conduct the evaluation of current implementation methods of schemes/ interventions and hole evaluation of provides, equipments, devices in use for screening and remedy in well being services, AWCs and Schools.
In addition, it wa additionally recommended that there’s a must conduct thorough research in order to quantify values of varied indicators associated to the theme, for making certain an goal strategy in direction of deciding the interventions required.
The committee members through the assembly additionally agreed that meals fortification being scientifically confirmed, price efficient, scalable and sustainable international intervention for addressing the problem of micro-nutrient deficiencies. They agreed that introduction and scaling up of meals fortification of varied meals gadgets generally utilized by the overall lots is want of the hour.
During the assembly, instructions have been issued to look at totally different points of implementation of schemes and programmes applied by totally different departments in order that future methods, targets, interventions and motion plan is devised for coordinated efforts in direction of making certain desired degree of well being and vitamin with outlined outcomes.
The assembly was attended by Food Commissioner J&Okay, Mission Director NHM J&Okay, Mission Director, POSHAN J&Okay, Mission Director, Samagra Shiksha, J&Okay, Director Health Services Jammu/ Kashmir, Controller Drugs & Food Control Organization J&Okay and different involved officers.
Principal Govt. Medical College Jammu/ Srinagar, Director School Education, Jammu/ Kashmir and different involved officers attended the assembly by Video Conferencing.