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The word Anganwadi means “courtyard shelter” in Indian languages. They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition. A typical Anganwadi centre provides basic health care in Indian villages. Gujarat is the first state of India providing an ...

Anganwadi is a government sponsored child-care and mother-care center in India. It caters to children in the 0-6 age group. These centers provide supplementary nutrition, non-formal pre-school education, nutrition and health education, immunization, health check-up and referral services of which later three services are provided in convergence with public health systems. ...