Under its Health Program, Asha-Kiran conducted blood checkup camps for the women at its Construction Sites Centers project and the Community Development project to assess their hemoglobin count. The results showed five women being anemic out of the 35 who agreed to be tested. As these women are currently pregnant, we will specially focus on them at the upcoming Food and Nutrition sessions.
The sessions are also planned for women who have children between 0-6 years and will focus on basic facts about food and nutrition, the functional significance of malnutrition, improving their diet at a low cost, the nutritional needs of different age groups (toddlers, children and teens), the nutrition of expectant and nursing mothers, infant feeding, preparation of instant and supplementary foods, and promotion of breast-feeding.
