‘Mainstreaming Crèches to Reduce Malnutrition in Odisha’ is a collaborative initiative between Public Health Resource Society (PHRS) and Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives’ (APPI), with support from the Government of Odisha, which seeks to address the high levels of malnutrition among children below three years. The programme is currently underway in five districts of Southern Odisha (Rayagada, Kalahandi, Malkangiri, Koraput, and Nabarangpur). This Web system is a real-time representation of the creches and presents evidence and data that can be used for planning, result-driven programme evaluation, activity monitoring, and overall programme implementation. It is an accompaniment to a unique app that is used at the field-level for data entry.

Crèches are decentralised community-based centres where mothers leave their children when they go for work. The crèches provide a safe and secure environment for the overall growth and development of children through care, feeding, and health promotion. The children are kept nourished and healthy and sick children are identified and referred to the hospital for care. The crèche helps elder siblings attend school and supports women’s work and thereby increases the household income. The dashboard in this web page links to a comprehensive overview of the programme, while also providing demographic, anthropometric and operational details at several levels.

Please contact PHRS [[email protected]] and APPI [[email protected]] for programmatic details and RIDDHI [[email protected]] for technical information about the dashboard.