Assessing progress on the coverage of interventions in the first 1000 days in India: role of national programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High coverage of nutrition-specific interventions is critical to meet global nutrition targets, and it is imperative to understand how to attain it. We examined trends and inequalities in the coverage of interventions in India and the role of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM) in achieving improvements.

Methods

We conducted trends and equity analysis of 30 interventions using two rounds of National Family Health Survey data (2015-2016, n=1 78 874, and 2019-2021, n=1 70 697). We also compared coverage between states that received incentives and monitoring under NNM and those that did not. We reviewed programme documents and grey literature to construct a policy timeline to trace pathways to coverage improvement and consulted with stakeholders to confirm interpret

SUBMITTER: Avula R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667467 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature