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MALNUTRITION

Malnutrition refers to deficiencies in essential nutrients, which can manifest as undernutrition. It affects individuals of all ages and has serious health, social, and economic consequences.

Global Impact:

  • Nearly half of deaths among children under five are linked to undernutrition.
  • Malnutrition affects both developing and developed countries with India bearing significant burden of malnutrition impact youth and women.

SAMRANG’s approach: Team up with a technology partner to detect Malnutrition and provide intervention as needed.  SAMRANG partner for this project is Trawello Healthcare services.

Malnutrition Detection :

  • Use Non-Invasive devices for measuring haemoglobin 
  • Measurement of BMI taking the Height & weight
  • Measure Mid Upper Arm Circumference
  • Physical examination of the kid/adult by a qualified Medical Doctor observing various aspects such as pallor, skin, hair fall tendency, nails, co-relating the values of BMI, Haemoglobin and MUAC to clinical observation.
  • Physician also evaluates the personal hygiene, food habits and general awareness of nutrition, cleanliness and importance of good health.

Malnutition Intervention with Anemic & Nutritional Children/Adults: 

  • Identified patients for low haemoglobin with Nutritional deficiency will be informed to follow-up and take corrective action in terms of deworming, improve the food intake, iron tablets for anemia and well-balanced nutritious food to overcome malnutrition.
  • Annual screening of identified anemic patients for follow up and see the progress for increasing in the haemoglobin.
  • Other interventions could be providing inputs on nutrition aspects of mid-day meal prepared at the school, fortifying the raw material supply and other food interventions such a nutribars etc

Trawello Healthcare Services : Healthy Kids

Trawello Healthcare Services is a company based in Bengaluru, India, focusing on healthcare solutions, particularly for schools. They aim to promote preventive healthcare through programs like HealthyKID, which combines tech-based health screenings, personalized counseling, and electronic record maintenance. Their mission is to contribute to a healthier nation by addressing health concerns early on

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