National Conclave on ending Under-nutrition among Tribal Children concluded:National Conclave on ending under-nutrition among tribal children concluded on 16 January 2015. The two-day conclave was organized by ST and SC Development Department of Odisha government, SC & ST Research and Training Institute, Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs and UNICEF. At the conclave participants reaffirmed their commitment to end chronic under-nutrition of tribal children across nine Schedule V States.The conclave ended with eight-point agenda to end the under-nutrition in these States. These are: • Making nutrition of tribal children a political and bureaucratic priority to stir policy dialogue and coordinated action • Setting up mechanisms for coordinating actions for nutrition, health, drinking water and sanitation and livelihoods at the highest level at both State and Central levels • Universalisation of public funded crèches in tribal areas • Disaggregated data on tribal nutrition through surveys • Institution of weekly haat should be tapped to deliver services and take messages • INTEGRITYated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) has relevance and requires strengthening with more representation from all concerned departments • Community nutrition and day care centres can provide meals to pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, counselling and linkage to savings groups and livelihoods options • Civil society and faith-based organizations with established grassroots presence and credibility can increase outreach of services and information on government schemes and generate community demand
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