Under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) have been set up at various health facilities across the country. Their purpose is to admit and manage children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). Such children fall under two categories: those with medical complications such as diarrhoea, fever, and pneumonia, needing facility-based care; those without complications, who can be managed in the community. It is estimated that around 93.4 lakh children suffer from SAM in India, out of which 10 per cent require facility-based care. Even after a child is discharged, follow-up at the community level is crucial to prevent further relapse.