As many as 278,300 children from nine months to five years had been screened for Malnutrition during a week-long drive which started in all tehsils of the district on December 5 .
The 133,217 boys and 145,083 girls between nine months to five were screened and after identification of Severe Acute Malnutrition(SAM) in 1,233 boys and 1,413 girls, therapeutic food(RUTF) supplements were provided to them.—APP