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Awareness Drive held Under Rashtriya Poshan Maah

Chandigarh, 5th September 2018: The POSHAN Maah is being celebrated  throughout the country from 1st to 30th September, 2018. The theme of the POSHAN Maah for September 2018 is "Har Ghar POSHAN Tyohaar”. The basic objective of this POSHAN Maah event is to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) & to intensify awareness on the importance of nutrition for health. 
Under this awareness drive, the Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration in the convergence with Song & Drama Division & Mamta NGO organized awareness programmes through musical programs at Dhanas rehabilitation Colony & Kudda Jassu village.

In addition to these activities, awareness program on weight management and its importance through Body Mass Index for adolescent boys and girls was also run in these areas with the support of Health Department, School Education Department, Chandigarh Administration.

 During the awareness program, Dr. Meenu from Health department emphasized on the importance of nutrition, essentially for children and pregnant & Lactating mothers. The officials of the line departments actively participated in these activities to make all the programs associated with Rashtriya Poshan Maah a huge success.


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