Child Development Centre

Aim
Aim of Child Development Dentre is to try to bring the malnourished children belonging to grade3/grade4 to normal by providing them proper health and diet.

Before Admitting to CDC
Before admitting, the family of the child is made aware that one of the family members will have to stay along with the child in Child Development Centre for 21 days.
Mostly the mother is insisted to stay with the child.

Criteria for Admission in CDC
1. Severe visible wasting - muscle wasting, especially over the buttocks, prominence of bony structures, especially over the chest
2. Bipedal edema - swelling on both feet
3. Growth chart helps to assess GradeIII and GradeIV malnourished children.
4. Children belonging to Grade III and GradeIV without any chronic diseases are admitted.
5. Those children who take their diet properly but there is no increase in weight are admitted.
6. While admitting the malnourished children are categorized into ill and Stable.

Criteria for Discharge before full recovery
1.Good weight gain.
2.K, Mg, mineral and vitamin supplements taken for 2 weeks
3.Good appetite.
4.Course of antibiotic completed.
5.No edema
6.An adequate training is provided to Mother or other caretaker

Click here for CDC Statistics till December 2010

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