Jharkhand Nutrition Mission launches 1-wk campaign

Jamshedpur, Sept 2 (PTI) Director General of JharkhandNutrition Mission, Mridula Sinha today formally launchedweek-long awareness campaign here today. The nutrition awareness campaign will be launchedacross the state as the state government was committed toalter the prevailing malnutrition data of the state, since itwas not impressive, Sinha, who was accompanied by the DeputyCommissioner of East Singhbhum district Amit Kumar, toldnewsmen. Admitting that Jharkhand lagged behind on nationalranking on malnutrition, Sinha said the prevailing data wasnot authentic but the ongoing awareness campaign willcertainly help to collate scientifically accurate data atmicro-level and develop a proper system. She said 12 districts including Chatra, WestSinghbhum, Dumka, Garwah, Giridih were badly affected and thenutrition mission was working on curative measures afteridentifying the affected children scientifically. Altogether 257 severely malnutritious children werescientifically identified in East Singhbhum district and theywill be treated till they fully recovered in the 12-weekperiod, she said. PTI BS SUSSUS