Feasibility for scale-up/extension to other districts of the state
The project during it course was able to develop 1286 MSG's which involved 3858 local women (ASHA's-767; AWW's-1124, Helpers-287; trained mothers –1680). We also trained 18 block level counselors; conducted 655721 counselling sessions with>100000 of these being facility based. The project reach was universal with 84–90% of mothers reporting having received advice on various infant feeding practices by AWW's (63–67%), ASHA's (16–21%) and Dai's (5–16%). Currently all the above activities are firmly in place and have been integrated into the health system of District Lalitpur and other adjoining districts such as Jhansi.