Functioning of a Nutritional Rehabilitation Center against acceptable levels of care.

Background: Establishment of Nutritional Rehabilitation Centers (NRCs) is an initiative under National Rural Health Mission to provide institutional care for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of nutritional interventional measures in improving the nutritional status of children admitted to an NRC.

Methods: A retrospective health facility-based descriptive study was conducted in the NRC, Rural Health Training Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur.

Performance Appraisal of Nutritional Rehabilitation Centers in Central India: A Retrospective Facility-Based Descriptive Study.

Background: Nutritional rehabilitation centers (NRCs) were established with the objective of providing institutional care to malnourished children and building the capacity of the primary caregivers of these children.

Objectives And Methodology: The objective of this study was to assess the effect of nutritional interventional measures undertaken at NRCs in improving the nutritional status of admitted children; a retrospective facility-based descriptive study was conducted using the monthly performance reports (March 2015 to November 2019) of all NRCs in Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh.

Results: Of the 3171 children registered in the NRCs, the majority were 1-3 years of age (59.

WHO recommendation and India's practice on tetanus vaccination-How much is too much?

Tetanus is one of the dreaded fatal diseases which is of public health importance. Reducing the morbidity and mortality due to tetanus, especially maternal and neonatal, is one of the major aims of health organizations around the world. Vaccination against tetanus is one of the most salient interventions.