Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) is NHM’s (National Health Mission) Flagship program to trim down the malnutrition rate in India 2. It is a tested model by WHO. NRC is 20 bed’s residential rehabilitation unit for SAM Child who gets admitted along his/her mother/female guardian and keeps under observation of specialized medical and nutritional care to severe acute malnourished (SAM) children 20 in number at one time. They are kept in the NRC for healthy children. Among with medical care, special focus goes on timely, adequate and appropriate feeding to the children and special care has been taken to improve skills and understanding of their mothers with respect to Nutrition, Health and Hygiene issues in addition to this their mother are the preparation of low cost, nutritious diets from locally available food stuffs. Literacy program for Mother run and managed by organization.
Objective
1. To control several acute malnutrition (SAM) and provide facility-based care to SAM children among 0-60 months children in the district
2. To have the percentage of SAM children in the state by 2016 The Goal of the project is to improve the availability of and access to Quality health care for the people especially those residing in rural Ares.
3. There are 33,23,322 Severe acute Malnutrition (SAM) Children in India 17.76 Lakh are SAM and is 46 Lakh are moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) Children in India. 42.9 Precent children are SAM in Bihar 4.70 Lakh SAM children in Bihar.
Nutrition, Educationand Motivation Program for children/Mother has been run as a campaign by Samta Gramin Vikas. Many programs are being run by the institute in this direction. The operation of Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), a scheme funded by Bihar Government, was started on 24/08/2011 in Sadar Hospital Campus, Araria. In view of the success of the work, the responsibility of Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) was given to Referral Hospital Forbesganj by the State Health Society of Bihar Government. Got the responsibility of operating Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in Sadar Hospital CampusChapra (Saran) on 09/09/2012. The operation of the above three centres was donein an excellent manner. Despite meeting the government's standards 100%, the organization tried to make the project the best by adding education, awareness, entertainment etc. to the program. After inspection by the team of State Health Society, Patna and Central Government Health Department, it was recommended for operation of Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at Referral Hospital Ghoshi in JehanabadDistrict. Operation of Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) was started at Referral Hospital Ghoshi on 12/07/2016. After its success, I got the opportunity to run Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre at Sadar Hospital Campus, Saharsa and Primary Health Centre, SingheshwarMadhepura. Cultural programs have been organized in every centre on the occasion of Foundation Day. So that along with entertaining the admitted mothers, awareness regarding malnutrition can be increased. In 2020, the government decided that the NRC will be conducted by DHS. The cooperation of good NGOs will be taken in this. On this basis, since 2020, the work of supporting the staff and providing special diet and mother's food to the children is being done by Samta Gramin Vikas in Sadar Hospital Campus Saharsa, Sadar Hospital Campus Chhapra Saran, and Refral Hospital Ghoshi Jehanabad.