Nutritional Rehabilitation of ‘Baby’: A Success Story of Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Krishna Thakkar, Dr. Kapildev Vasani

Page No: 47-51

DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2022/V12I6/06

‘Zero Hunger’ and ‘Good Health and Well – Being’ are globally accepted as the crucial goals of sustainable development to be achieved by 2030. These goals are directly related to the nutritional needs of humanity. The good health and well – being of people of any country can be assured by ensuring the quality nutritional and health care provided to them at their younger age. According to UNICEF in India 20 percent of the children under the age of five years suffer from wasting due to acute malnutrition. This is a distress signal for the nation like India where the number of such children is in millions. The nation is well aware of this situation and the importance of child health and so taken initiatives to ensure the early age healthcare and nutrition. Such an initiative is National Health Mission (NHM) under which Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) are functioning at every district hospital. At NRC nutritional treatment is provided to the children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). This paper describes the scopes of child health and nutrition in light of a success story of curing a critical case at NRC Valsad, Gujarat during the tenure of the researcher as a Nutrition Assistant.

Citations

APA: Krishna Thakkar, Dr. Kapildev Vasani (2025). Nutritional Rehabilitation of ‘Baby’: A Success Story of Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition. DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2022/V12I6/06

AMA: Krishna Thakkar, Dr. Kapildev Vasani. Nutritional Rehabilitation of ‘Baby’: A Success Story of Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition. 2025. DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2022/V12I6/06

Chicago: Krishna Thakkar, Dr. Kapildev Vasani. "Nutritional Rehabilitation of ‘Baby’: A Success Story of Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition." Published 2025. DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2022/V12I6/06

IEEE: Krishna Thakkar, Dr. Kapildev Vasani, "Nutritional Rehabilitation of ‘Baby’: A Success Story of Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition," 2025, DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2022/V12I6/06

ISNAD: Krishna Thakkar, Dr. Kapildev Vasani. "Nutritional Rehabilitation of ‘Baby’: A Success Story of Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition." DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2022/V12I6/06

MLA: Krishna Thakkar, Dr. Kapildev Vasani. "Nutritional Rehabilitation of ‘Baby’: A Success Story of Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition." 2025, DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2022/V12I6/06