Coverage of nutrition and health interventions in Himachal Pradesh: Insights from the National Family Health Survey-4

Nutrition-specific interventions are aimed at improving the proximal food, health, and care environment for women and children during the first 1000 days. They can help improve maternal and child health, improve diets and other nutrition practices, and reduce infections. These interventions span pregnancy, postnatal, and early childhood periods and include food and micronutrient supplementation, nutrition education and/or counselling, growth monitoring and promotion, as well as routine immunization, deworming, and care during illness. At 90% coverage, these interventions can contribute to 20% reduction in stunting and 61% reduction in severe wasting. This Data Notedescribes the coverage of a set of key nutrition and health interventions. The findings here are based on data from the National Family Health Survey 2015-2016. Indicators to capture the coverage of the interventions here are all calculated for women (15-49 years) with a child under five years of age. All analyses are based on the last-born child for each woman and indicator definitions are provided in Annex 1 of this Note. For some indicators, age categories may vary.