IDENTIFYING CASES

The guidelines are likely to include a detection mechanism and parameters for malnutrition The health ministry had in 2016 revised its draft guidelines and submitted them to ministry for women and child development These will also include norms on the number of calories required by a child The norms would identify the role of ASHA workers in identifying malnutrition cases and providing support NFHS says, 38.4% of children, under the age of five years, are stunted, 35.7% are underweight & 72% of infants have anaemia