About NGO:
Niramaya focuses on healthcare of children, adolescents and women in reproductive age group. Our various intervention programs include: 1. Anemia prevention & control program- for malnourished and anemic preschool children by supply iron folic acid and deworming tablets. Also protein powder supplementation, health education to mothers, annual health checkup of every child 2. Sensitization program for adolescents on reproductive and sexual health- awareness on body system and changes taking place in this stage. Major focus on vulnerable slum schools with addiction, nutrition,hiv/aids,gender sensitization as no right source of information is available in the community. 3. Health care of rag pickers in deonar dumping- provide health checkups, immunization, malnutrition interventions and preventive focus through health education 4. Healthcare of tribals in interiors of nashik district- with clinics and refferels and preventive health education on addiction, HIV/aids, nutrition etc.. 5. Community health care center in deonar- focus on preventive and curative healthcare for entire community.

Fund Usage:

Anemia and related malnutrition amongst preschool children- this is flagship project of organisation.

Mumbai have major slums and data shows nutritional anemia and malnutrition is very high. We cover major children through balwadis and carry out interventions startegy as follows

1. Health intervention card for every child with detailed history
2. Medicine intervention of iron follic acid tablets ( for 90 days) and deworming 2 tablets (six months apart)
3. Height and weight measurements taken and recorded on card- done every 3 months throught the year. Every time its recorded on growth chart to see the change in malnutritin to normal status
4. Malnutrition status is calculated after data entry and accordingly additional interventions provided
5. Protien powder is provided for every child for 3 months.
6. Regular f/u is done with child by team trained health workers
7. Health checkup of every child is carried out and provided with free medications as necessary
8. Suppliments like multivitamins and appetizers also prvide after data evaluation - 3 months apart
9. Counselling and health educations with lcd laptop provided to mothers in every community and balwadi
10. Cooking demonstrations arranged with mothers for behaviou change
11. At the end of year pre and post comparative data evaluated and shared with parents to see the impact.
12. This year 52% children were malnourished in beggining and after interventions normal status came to 85 %. Even remaining 15% are close to normal lines and no children in severe grade of malnutrition.

Budget of apcp program- 25 lakhs

Impact:

Baby Mehek was in grade iv of malnutrition (severe) from vashinaka area. Parents were counseled during health checkup and provided with dates and supplementary medicines for 1 month and change in diet pattern.. This was the only child in severe malnutrition after 3 time intervention and others came to normal status. Reason was, parents are working and it was difficult for them to look after child and to administer the tablets and nutrition powder.

Health workers followed up regularly with teacher and at the end we can at least raise her nutritional status to nearby normal.

Before that, being malnourished child she was often down with respiratory tract infections and pnemonitis but now it helped her alot to recover. Change in health status is noticeable.

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http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo85_nhf.htm

Founded Year: 2001

Cause category: Health