SECOND TN NUTRITION

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The objectives of the Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Project are to: (a) reduce severe malnutrition among children 6-36 months in Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Project (TINP) I areas; (b) increase the proportion of children 6-36 months in normal or mild malnutrition status in project areas; and (c) contribute to a reduction in the infant mortality rate to 55 per 1,000 births, and to a reduction in the incidence of low birth weight from present levels. The project has three components. The service delivery component will finance construction, furnishing and equipping of village nutrition centers; increased training for health and nutrition field workers and staff; supervisory vehicles; incremental maternal and child health drugs and medications; therapeutic nutrition supplements for malnourished younger children and at-risk pregnant and nursing women and incremental salary and other operating costs. The communications and community participation component will finance production and distribution of print and audio-visual materials for worker and community use. It would also fund training for community support groups. The project management and evaluation component will finance baseline nutrition surveys of project areas, mid-term and final project impact and process evaluations; vehicles, equipment, training and incremental operating costs of the project monitoring and evaluation system.