“…counselling for infant and young child feeding practices; guidelines are under development for paediatric iron folic acid supplementation). Two national programmes, implemented by separate ministries, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, operate across the country and are designed to together deliver all of the nutritionspecific interventions through their frontline workers (Avula et al, 2013). There are, however, gaps in the implementation of these interventions, arising from challenges such as operationalizing interministerial convergence, limited understanding of the frontline worker roles and responsibilities, inadequate training, limited mechanisms for supportive supervision, and the burden of multiple responsibilities for frontline workers and other health staff.…”