Una , 12 September - An awareness camp was organized under the Integrated Child Development Project Una, Supervisor Circle Una, in Anganwadi Center Galua-1 under the Nutrition Month under the chairmanship of District Program Officer Narinder Kumar. He said that with the aim of making the target group aware of the basic concept of nutrition, 30 Nutrition month is being celebrated till September. The main objective of this campaign is to make adolescents , pregnant and lactating women aware about the prescribed nutrition and to provide them proper nutrition. Like every year, this year also, various programs are being organized by Women and Child Development at Anganwadi level , supervisor circle level and project level to save the targeted groups from malnutrition, through which detailed information is being given to the targeted groups regarding nutritious diet. He told that this time the Nutrition Month is based on five themes which include anemia , growth monitoring , supplementary diet , nutrition as well as education and technology for better administration. In the camp, information was given about the five principles of the Nutrition Campaign - Golden 1000 days , anemia management , diarrhea prevention, cleanliness , and nutritious diet . He said that it is very important to get the health checkup of pregnant women , lactating women and newborns done from time to time and it is also necessary to get them vaccinated and immunization done on time. Apart from this, detailed information was also given about the ill effects of drugs.
Under Mission Shakti, District Coordinator Isha Chaudhary made women aware about the departmental schemes.  District Nutrition Coordinator Manzoor Khan told that pregnant women , lactating mothers and new born babies should take a balanced nutritious diet , along with iron folic acid tablets, they should take diet rich in minerals , calcium , iron and special attention should be given to malnourished and undernourished children and their health can be improved by giving them nutritious diet along with getting them proper treatment after consulting a specialist doctor and dietician. He made everyone aware about the importance of yoga to stay healthy. Nutrition Block Coordinator Gurmukh Singh informed the District Program Officer and the beneficiaries present there about the activities being conducted in the entire block during the Nutrition Month.
On this occasion, a baby shower ceremony of a pregnant woman was held at Anganwadi Centre Galua-1.
On this occasion, Supervisor Kanchan Devi , Nanaki Devi, Ward Member Paramjit Kaur, Anganwadi workers and other beneficiaries were present.