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= What are the services available for me? =

During her routine visit to a family, Auxiliary Nurse Mid -wife (ANM) Anita is told that 24 year old Meena is 5 months pregnant. On asking her Anita discovers that she has never got her health check -up done after becoming pregnant.

Anita : Come for your health check up to the Anganwadi center in your village duringthe next village health nutrition day. Mother -in -law of Meena : I had been advising her to visit Anganwadi Center to register her pregnancy and also to meet you. But, she did not follow my advice. Meena : What are the services available? Why should I come there?

Anita explains the services that Meena will receive during her pregnancy including screening for danger signs and counseling.

__** Resources: **__ - Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine Chapters: Health Programs in India, Preventive Medicine in Obstetrics, Paediatrics and Geriatrics, Nutrition and Health





[|- A brief on Village Health and Nutrition Days (link to NHM webpage)]



- For ICDS Anganwadi Services - Integrated Child Development Services (Scheme)