by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 4
Haryana would adopt painless and convenient method of
Hemoglobin (Hb) estimation called Hb Colour Scale Kit from this year.
This was stated by Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission
(NRHM), Dr. Rakesh Gupta while presiding over a state level inter-
convergence meeting organized by National Rural Health Mission on the
Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana (IBSY) today. The meeting was attended by
District School Health officers, District Education officers of all the
districts and State Programme Officers of Health Department.
Dr. Gupta said that under the IBSY, comprehensive health check-up would
be conducted for all the children of government schools and Anganwadis
to diagnose disease, deficiency and disability. The identified children
would be provided the facility of corrective surgeries and treatment
free of cost.He that the incidence of anemia was very high in the school
going children and it was the responsibility of the Health and
Education departments to curb anemia in hand to hand mode. He said that
as a prophylactic measure, all children up to the age of 18 years were
being given Iron Folic Acid tablets for improving Hb level and
Albendazole tablets for deworming.
He
said that external monitors from WHO would monitor the activities of
IBSY to ensure proper implementation of the scheme in the entire state.
He urged all the concerned officers to help in effective implementation
of this scheme.
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