There
are 966 Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) in 25 States/ UTs in the
country. It is estimated that around 93.4 lakhs children are having severe
acute malnutrition (SAM) as per National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 4 and
out of this, 10% of SAM with medical complications may require admission to
Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres. The total number of children enrolled at
these NRCs in the year 2015-16 was around 1.7 lakhs.
State/UT
- wise details regarding the number of children enrolled at these NRCs during
the year 2015-16 is given below:
Status of NRC intervention (April 2015 - Mar 2016)
|
Sr. No
|
State/UTs
|
No. of NRCs established
|
Children admitted in NRCs
|
|
India
|
|
966
|
1,72,909
|
|
1
|
Bihar
|
38
|
8483
|
|
2
|
Chhattisgarh
|
62
|
11789
|
|
3
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2
|
674
|
|
4
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
3
|
922
|
|
5
|
Jharkhand
|
68
|
6253
|
|
6
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
315
|
79527
|
|
7
|
Odisha
|
45
|
6765
|
|
8
|
Rajasthan
|
40
|
8198
|
|
9
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
60
|
7271
|
|
10
|
Uttarakhand
|
2
|
280
|
|
11
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
1
|
6
|
|
12
|
Assam
|
15
|
1109
|
|
13
|
Meghalaya
|
5
|
270
|
|
14
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
18
|
4446
|
|
15
|
Telengana
|
12
|
3529
|
|
16
|
Gujarat
|
124
|
15511
|
|
17
|
Haryana
|
11
|
1059
|
|
18
|
Karnataka
|
57
|
4694
|
|
19
|
Kerala
|
3
|
121
|
|
20
|
Maharashtra
|
35
|
3489
|
|
21
|
Tamil Nadu
|
2
|
2971
|
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
35
|
4375
|
|
23
|
Chandigarh
|
1
|
105
|
|
24
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
1
|
30
|
|
25
|
Delhi
|
11
|
1032
|
Under
National Health Mission, Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) have been set
up at public health facilities to treat and manage the children with Severe
Acute Malnutrition (SAM) admitted with medical complications.
·
Children are admitted as per the defined admission
criteria and provided with medical and nutritional therapeutic care.
·
The services and care provided for the in-patient
management of SAM children include:
1.
24 hour care and monitoring of the child.
2.
Treatment of medical complications.
3.
Therapeutic feeding.
4.
Providing sensory stimulation and emotional care.
5.
Social assessment of the family to identify and address contributing
factors.
6.
Counseling on appropriate feeding, care and hygiene.
7.
Demonstration and practice - by - doing on the preparation of energy
dense child foods using locally available, culturally acceptable and affordable
food items.
8.
Follow up of children discharged from the facility.
During
the year 2015-16, out of 1,72,902 children enrolled in these NRCs, a total of
92,760 children have been able to successfully recover from the above mentioned
conditions.
The
Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Faggan Singh Kulaste stated
this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
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MV/LK