You know that one suffers from the symptoms of a particular vitamin or mineral deficiency disorder, if one does not consume diet adequate in that nutrient for quite sometime. One obvious way to prevent such disorder is to consume Fat rich in vitamins and minerals. However, poor people cannot afford these foods as they are too expensive. It is not possible for the Government to make these foods available to poor and needy on regular basis.
As an alternative method, government of India runs organized prophylaxis (preventive) programmes. Under this scheme, the commercially prepared vitamins and minerals are supplied to vulnerable sections of our population through organized programmes. These programmes are known as nutrient deficiency control programmes or prophylaxis programmes and are of nature of stop gap arrangement. These are expected to be phased out as and when the purchasing power of people improves and they start consuming balanced diets.
In this particular unit, you will study about the three nutrient deficiency control programmes - the National Prophylaxis Programme for Prevention of Nutritional Blindness, the National Nutritional Anaemia Control Programme and the Iodine Prophylaxis Programme. You will find information regarding the objectives, target beneficiaries of the programmes and the distribution strategy.
Objectives
After going through this unit, you will be able to
- explain the. basis of nutrient deficiency control programmes
- describe the objectives, target group and method of distribution of benefits of three nutrient deficiency control programmes i.e.
--National Nutritional Anaemia Control Programme
--Iodine Prophylaxis Programme
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