Department of Information and Public Relations

Press Release No. 216/23

STRENGTHENING THE MIS ON NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Strengthening the MIS on Nutritional and Health Status of Women and Children by Anganwadi Workers programme was held at District Auditorium, Tura on 8th December, 2023 where Meghalaya Speaker, Thomas A Sangma graced the occasion as Chief Guest. The programme was organised by District Administration, West Garo Hills, Tura.

Speaking on the occasion, the Speaker, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Shillong Thomas A Sangma said that Anganwadi Workers play a pivotal role in our society by providing vital health care, nutrition and early childhood education services to the most vulnerable members of the community. They not only work to enhance the quality of life but take care of maternal health especially expecting mothers and newborn children.

Therefore, providing mobile phones to these dedicated Anganwadi workers will help them immensely to access training materials, educational resources and valuable information relating to maternal and child health care easily. Moreover, they will be able to strengthen their ability to access real time data and also address communication barriers. Further, he informed that these smart phones have many advantages and most of the assignments are being done using mobile phones these days.

West Garo Hills, Deputy Commissioner Jagdish Chelani thanked the Chief Minister and Speaker, Government of Meghalaya for the support and initiative of providing smart phones to Anganwadi workers in order to facilitate better data collection of children and lactating mothers thereby strengthening the standardized Management Information System (MIS) in the district. He mentioned that smartphones will be distributed to anganwadi workers at Asanang and Tikrikilla also.

The Chief Guest distributed the Mobile Phones to the Anganwadi workers during the programme.