9 November2022PRIYANKA CHOPRA ENGAGED WITH PUPILS ENROLLED IN `LEARNING BY DOING' PROGRAMMES DURING HER VISIT TO A SCHOOL, A STATE-RUN, UNICEF-SUPPORTED PROGRAMME THAT COMBINES ACADEMIC LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TO PROMOTE KIDS RETURNING TO AND STAYING IN SCHOOLis learning to cook, and an eight-year-old girl child, Mamta, who used her newly acquired skills to make smart shoes for the visually challenged. Breaking gender stereotypes, right from an early age, is so important".A primary health centre in the Lucknow area that supports moms and babies with nutrition and health as well as a Special Newborn Care Unit for unwell newborns were also visited by Chopra Jonas during the tour. 73 percent of newborn deaths in India still happen during the first 28 days of birth, with suffocation, preterm, and low birth weight being the leading causes of mortality in the first week after delivery. Priyanka Chopra met nursing and pregnant women who utilize a simple tool to learn about nutrition for themselves and their kids, as well as how to prepare simple nutritional meals so that children not only survive but thrive, at an Anganwadi Center, a rural Indian government childcare centre.She also observed the POSHAN tracker, a cutting-edge programme made available by the Indian government to measure children's nutritional condition and growth in real-time. According to Chopra Jonas, "India is at the forefront of quickly creating technology to improve lives and usher in new approaches to addressing difficulties for women and children, bringing them to scale". Children are using mobile phones to share their stories; women are using apps and gadgets to bring banking services to remote areas; mothers and expectant mothers are using growth monitoring devices to their advantage; and helpline and web-based police services are saving lives and keeping women and girls safe.
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