Assam Government will launch Infant and Young Child Nutrition, IYCN, programme to reduce malnutrition and anemia by early next month. Official sources said that, it will be carried out at Lahowal Block in Dibrugarh and Sipajahr Block in Darrang district on pilot basis under Chief Minister Vision for Women and Children 2016 programme. National Rural Health Mission, Social Welfare, Education Department and UNICEF will jointly implement the programme. It may be recalled that the main aim of Infant and Young Child Nutrition programme is to achieve Continuum of Care for children under two along with improve nutritional status and reduce anemia among adolescents and pregnant women. Continuum of care includes the care covering for stages starting form adolescents, pregnant and lactating mothers and children less than 5 years of age. Assam has recorded 35 percent underweight birth and 72 pregnant women as anemic. Another objective of the programme is to achieve 100 percent exclusive breast feeding which is presently 63 percent. Under the program, IFA supplement, nutrition education and counseling, quality ante-natal care, Vitamin -A will be given to children, adolescents and pregnant women.