The Government on 8 January 2014 launched nation’s first comprehensive adolescent health programme, which will include a main focus on adolescents' sexual health.
The programme envisions that all adolescents in India are able to realize their full potential by making informed and responsible decisions related to their health and well-being.
He highlighted various programmes and initiatives by the Government which have brought about a transformational change in the health of the country.
The Minister also informed that India will be declared a polio free country by the World Health Organization on January 13 which is a milestone for the Country.
Conferencing at the launch of Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram
National Adolescent Health Programme in New Delhi.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Government stands committed towards promoting adolescent health mission in the country and would address the health needs of 243 million adolescents who constitute 21% of the total population in India.
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Former Supreme Court judge, Justice A.K. Ganguly (Retired) has stepped down from his post as West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).
Ganguly reportedly tendered his resignation during a meeting with West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan on Monday evening at the Raj Bhavan.
Accused of harassing a law intern, Ganguly has been in the eye of a storm with pressure mounting on him to step down from the post of a WBHRC(West Bengal Human Rights Commission) Chairman.
The intern’s allegations created a media furore; with a section of lawyers, politicians and activists calling for the country’s top court to investigate the incident and for the accused judge to be named publicly.
The programme envisions that all adolescents in India are able to realize their full potential by making informed and responsible decisions related to their health and well-being.
He highlighted various programmes and initiatives by the Government which have brought about a transformational change in the health of the country.
The Minister also informed that India will be declared a polio free country by the World Health Organization on January 13 which is a milestone for the Country.
Conferencing at the launch of Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram
National Adolescent Health Programme in New Delhi.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Government stands committed towards promoting adolescent health mission in the country and would address the health needs of 243 million adolescents who constitute 21% of the total population in India.
Other News---
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice A.K. Ganguly (Retired) has stepped down from his post as West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).
Ganguly reportedly tendered his resignation during a meeting with West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan on Monday evening at the Raj Bhavan.
Accused of harassing a law intern, Ganguly has been in the eye of a storm with pressure mounting on him to step down from the post of a WBHRC(West Bengal Human Rights Commission) Chairman.
The intern’s allegations created a media furore; with a section of lawyers, politicians and activists calling for the country’s top court to investigate the incident and for the accused judge to be named publicly.
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