Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Aim is to cater and address health and development needs of the country’s adolescents.
Scheme:
- It introduces community-based interventions through peer educators (Saathiyas), and is underpinned by collaborations with other ministries and state governments.
- RKSK identifies six strategic priorities for adolescents:
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- nutrition,
- sexual and reproductive health (SRH),
- non-communicable diseases (NCDs),
- substance misuse,
- injuries and violence (including gender-based violence) and
- mental health.
- To guide the implementation of this programme, the ministry in collaboration with UNFPA has developed a National Adolescent Health Strategy.
- Target Groups: The strategy focuses on age groups 10-14 years and 15-19 years with universal coverage. It covers males and females in school and out of school, in urban and rural, married and unmarried and vulnerable and under-served.
Factual Information:
- Launched in 2014