Many state governments have developed guidelines and initiated implementation of integrated services for children with SAM linking growth monitoring and promotion to identify children with MAM and SAM and linking them with facility and community-based care through the functionaries of Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) in collaboration with the Department of Health and Family Welfare. [...] Despite this, states have innovated and modified the components of the program to maintain continuity and in several cases even expansion of the health and nutrition services to the most nutrition vulnerable children. [...] These included the organisation of virtual trainings of health functionaries in place of physical trainings to keep up the momentum, delivery of services (including food) at the doorsteps of beneficiaries when the Anganwadi centres were closed, and the use of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) in case of unavailability of growth monitoring devices. [...] It is crucial that the community is aware of the signs of malnutrition, the preventive and curative services available, and the process and the benefits of the services for children. [...] Offer a small amount of balamrutham plus to the child based on the age of the child, encouraging the child all the time.
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