India: mHealth: Malnutrition Eradication
mHealth Innovation and Malnutrition Eradication Outreach
May 12, 2014
By Michael Matheke-Fischer, Santosh Pal & Amit Purohit
Summary of Activities
RMF’s new program focuses screenings on targeted populations of mothers and families with children under 5 years old in 3 district settings with specially produced videos to be played using mobile technology:
- Cluster Video Screenings that target mothers in a small setting, usually 4-6 mothers, in their houses during the day.
- Evening Video Screenings that target larger groups of 10-15 families and are screened when male family members can attend to increase their awareness of nutrition and health issues.
- Mangal Diwas Video Screenings on Tuesdays at the Anganwadi Centre for ration distribution. By adding video screening at the Anganwadi center on Mangal Diwas, RMF aims to both increase participation in ration distribution and also target at-risk families with health information.

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

More Awareness
Produced 12 Videos
Conducted a total of 502 screenings in 50 villages, reaching 4,391 households. Recorded 108 unique practice adoptions directly resulting from our videos.

Early Intervention
Saving Lives
Identified 415 children suffering from severe malnutrition. Identified 674 new children with moderate malnutrition. Conducted 15,188 family counseling sessions.

Real Progress
Healthy Improvements
Working checking on families saw an improvement in 567 children with severe malnutrition 1,315 children with moderate malnutrition.

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Numbers
Served
During this quarter the Malnutrition Eradication program:
• Identified 415 children suffering from SAM and gave counseling to the caregivers of each of these children
• Saw an improvement from SAM to MAM in 567 children
• Identified 674 new children with MAM and provided one-on-one counseling to the caregivers of these children
• Saw an improvement from MAM to normal in 1,315 children
• Successfully ensured the 14-day treatment of 98 of the most serious cases at local Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers
• Conducted 1,098 village nutrition training sessions, with over 7,593 people in attendance
• Conducted 15,188 family counseling sessions


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