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Pradeep Kumar

14/04/21 09:25 AM IST

Poshan Gyan

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NITI Aayog, in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation  launched Poshan Gyan, a national digital repository on health and nutrition.

About Poshan Gyan

  • It is a trusted and comprehensive online resource for anybody working in the nutrition sector in India.
  • It is a collection of effective communication materials created by government agencies and other development organizations to tackle the challenges of knowledge awareness and behaviour change in the nutrition sector.
  • The materials cover a range of topics, such as antenatal care, complementary feeding, adolescent health, diet diversity, anemia prevention etc.
  • This repository is curated and maintained by NITI Aayog in joint efforts with other development partners.
  • Poshan Gyan is designed to be accessible for everybody to use - whether frontline health workers, community leaders, teachers or anyone else seeking to improve nutritional outcomes.
  • It contains materials targeted towards different audiences using a variety of media types, such as interpersonal communication, mass media, outdoor advertising etc. 

Source: PIB

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