Our Aim
To empower families, caregivers, and the community for nourishing and nurturing young bodies and brains of 0-3 years of children.
#EarlyMomentsMatter
Overview
The framework for Nurturing care for Early Childhood Development, released by the World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, and World Bank, provides a road map for action for helping children survive and thrive to transform health and human potential. It outlines the importance of the earliest years, from pregnancy to age 3 years, as the window of opportunity when the brain grows faster than at any other time. From 2010, the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, in partnership with the Integrated Child Development Scheme and Health department, has been implementing various programs for nurturing care pilot and scale-up basis.
‘AARAMBH’
In low and middle-income countries, 43% of under-fives are at risk of suboptimal development and stunted growth…
Child Development
Right from conception to the first three years of life, the child’s brain grows very rapidly…
Expansion
The Department of WCD and Health has now taken the decision to implement the AARAMBH initiative in the entire state of Maharashtra.
