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Focus on Child Health

Start Date :

Jan 22, 2015

Last Date :

Nov 01, 2015

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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There is a need to improve access to child health services. The Ministry of Health is focusing on promoting child health through appropriate interventions. Presently, the ...

There is a need to improve access to child health services. The Ministry of Health is focusing on promoting child health through appropriate interventions. Presently, the Department of School Education and Literacy, MHRD addresses the nutritional needs of school going children in the age group of 6-14 years through the Mid- Day Meal (MDM) Scheme. The Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) under WCD also addresses the issues of child health. There is, however, a need to synergize the multi-sectoral interventions taken by the relevant GOI Ministries. The existing schemes need to be examined for their outcomes and impediments in implementation, including those of coordination. This theme seeks views and suggestions on how to ensure greater focus on child through improvements in existing schemes and suggest new holistic interventions.

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LK Narula 11 years 2 months ago

Ayurved and Yog subject should be made complusory for childern from 6th class onward because Ayurved is the way of life and unless children are not having knowledge of maintaining health they cannot study in a better way and cannot serve for Nation and for this purpose Ayurvedic Doctors should be appointed in Schools who will teach on this and also look after the health problems of children and this will ultimately save the Govt expenditure because a healthy person not requires much on medicine.

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vaddi vijayasarathi 11 years 2 months ago

Medical examination of every student should be conducted twice a year-before August and before November. Follow up to be done particularly in case of the poor. Government should provide funds. Ministry of health should form teams at all the appropriate levels. Mid Day Meals scheme should be strengthened-quality improved.

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dharmender_3 11 years 2 months ago

Regular medical checkup should be provided for remotarea students

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KAVITA TAYAGI 11 years 2 months ago

Mid day meals should be nutritive and healthy.milk products should be introduced in school canteens. food inspectors should visit to check the quality of foods in canteen.

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Child Rights and You CRY 11 years 2 months ago

It is necessary to look at child health holistically and not just from the lens of good and adequate nutrition. It is very important to ensure that every MDM is hot cooked and made with utmost care. There needs to be increased coordination between different departments. Transport safety, schools and environment should be made safe. The education department should also set the maximum weight a child can carry.

CHILDHEALTH-CRY.pdf

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deepika dogra 11 years 2 months ago

It is a very important issue to be taken care of. Quality of midday meal and regular medical checkups should be given utmost priority in schools.

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sudha singh 11 years 2 months ago

child health is serious threat of our society. Every institution especially in schools should come to improve their health with utmost care under the governance of the state authority.

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