For the better health of the adolescent girls and boys of the State, the state government is committed to provide proper health check-up and medical services as needed. All the adolescent girls studying in government and government aided schools up to class 6-12 are not able to get health check-ups on time, due to which they have vision defects, ear related diseases, TB, anaemia, skin diseases, Goiter diseases, fluorosis etc. Diseases are not detected in time, due to which many challenges arise in their life over time.

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2 years ago

The total number of adolescent girls in class 6-12 of government and government aided schools of the State is 21,94,106, in which the number of adolescents is 10,15,407 and the number of adolescent girls is 11,78,699.

It is noteworthy that at present, under the National Adolescent

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Health Program (RKSK), distribution of blue tablets of iron and folic acid, half-yearly distribution of albendazole tablet, to school going boys and girls of class 6-12, in the schemes run by the health department for adolescent girls. Distribution of sanitary napkins, health check-up and treatment of adolescent girls under National Child Health Program and referral to higher health centers, mental health awareness under mental health program, eye examination of adolescent girls under National Blindness Control Program and distribution of spectacles as per requirement, etc is included.

The health check-up of adolescent girls can be completed in a certain time frame by running a campaign in coordination with the Education department and timely identification of diseases in children can be done so that the disease does not increase and prevention and proper treatment can be done.