Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram and Menstrual Hygiene Scheme will be launched in Haryana on February 10.
A spokesman of the Health Department said that Haryana Health Minister Rao Narender Singh will launch the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram and Menstrual Hygiene Scheme from Panchkula. He said that Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram is a Statewide programme which aims at improving health of adolescents and fulfilling their development needs. The scheme has six priority objectives namely enable reproductive and sexual health, improve nutrition, enhance mental health, injuries and violence, including domestic and gender based violence, substance misuse and non-communicable diseases.
Under this, a strategy would be adopted to make adolescent in the State aware about problems related to their health and consultation and treatment facilities would also be provided to them. He said that Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics named Mitrata Clinics would be run at District Hospitals, Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres for providing counseling and referral services to adolescents.
He said that four Peer Educators, including adolescent two boys and two girls would be identified in every village and trained by doctors on adolescent health issues. They would further conduct meetings with adolescent boys and girls of their villages to generate awareness on these health issues. Apart from this, Adolescent Health Day would be organised in every village and weekly iron and folic acid supplementation would be administered to adolescent boys and girls of Classes VI to XII.
Under Menstrual Hygiene Scheme, adolescent girls in the age group of 10-19 years, residing in rural areas, would be encouraged for using sanitary napkins and hygiene. ASHA workers would play a major role in this programme.