Adolescent
In this post, health issue of adolescent girls in Indian is given. The meaning of adolescence is phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood. According to World health organization, any person between ages 10 to 19.
Adolescent Girls Issue in India
- A national event on collaboration between Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Ayush for nutritional improvement in adolescent girls took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi today (26 February, 2024). A MoU signed to control among adolescent girls through Ayurvedic interventions in the five districts under ‘Mission Utkarsh’ between the Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of Women and Child Development
- The Union Minister for Women and Child Development announced that the Ministry will also take up a joint venture with Ministry of Ayush and ICMR for effective interventions like Yoga in Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD) among adolescent girls.
- Utraksh Mission Under this Mission Utkarsh program, over 94,000 adolescent girls between the age group of 14 – 18 years registered under Poshan Tracker at approximately 10,000 Anganwadi Centres will be benefitted in 12 months period of program.
- The coordinating agency for the project will be Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS).
- Classical Ayurveda medicines (Drakshavaleha and Punarnavadi mandoor) for better nutrition to improve the health of the anemic adolescent girls will be provided for a period of 3 months. The districts to be covered include; Dhubri, Bastar, Paschimi Singhbhum, Gadchiroli and Dhoulpur from the states of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Rajasthan respectively.
- This project is being jointly funded by both the Union Ministries and will be executed in the five districts through Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Guwahati; All India Institute for Ayurveda, New Delhi; CARI, Bhubaneshwar; Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Nagpur and National Institute Ayurveda, Jaipur. Public Health Foundation of India’s IIPH, Delhi will also play an important role by assessing the outcomes of this project.
FAQs on Adolescent
Age of Adolescent
Age between 10 to 19
Which medicine is given better nutrition to improve health for anemic adolescent girls?
Drakshavaleha and Punarnavadi mandoor
Which is coordinating agency for Utkarsh Mission?
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS)
Full form of PCOD
Polycystic Ovarian Disease
Reference: PIB India