Key achievements from 5 years of collaboration: National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) for Sam Management, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi
Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital (KSCH) is a premier institution for child health services under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW). It was started in 1956 and currently is a part of Lady Hardinge Medical College which was founded in 1914.
Involvement of KSCH in national health programmes:
In addition to providing tertiary level care to sick children, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi has contributions in several public health programme development and implementation. Few important contributions are enumerated below Diarrhea Treatment and Training Unit (DTTU) Integrated Management of Neonatal & Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) Facility based IMNCI Pre-service IMNCI Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF) National Collaborating Centre for Adverse Events Following mmunization (AEFI) Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) National AIDS Control Programme- Pediatric center of excellence for HIV treatment Programmes on Adolescent Health Care
UNICEF extended support to KSCH in 2012 to establish NNRRTC:
1. National Nutritional Rehabilitation Resource and Training Centre (NNRRTC) was established at Kalawati Saran in 2012 with technical and financial support from UNICEF. NNRRTC has 12 dedicated beds for treatment and rehabilitation of children with severe acute malnutrition. As national center of excellence, it also provides technical support to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and States for improving quality of care provided to children with severe acute malnutrition in health facilities. Since 2017, NNRRTC is also receiving support from NHM, Central Delhi.
2. Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) – NNRRTC is providing support to nutrition survey since 2015 by training of master trainers & state trainers on anthropometry and in monitoring data quality from field.
3. Project planning & Monitoring Unit (PPMU) established in April 2016 as extension of NNRRTC with the aim to provide technical support in Planning and Quality assurance for implementation of comprehensive Community Based Management of children with Acute Malnutrition (CMAM).
4. Maternal Nutritional care component (MN) was initiated under NNRRTC in 2017 by developing & testing the feasibility of maternal nutrition services package for mothers in existing child/maternal health platforms: NRC/IYCF/ANC/PNC.
