1. Ministries of Ayush and Women and Child Development partner to tackle anaemia in adolescent girls with Ayurveda interventions.
2. An initiative named ‘Anaemia Control among adolescent girls using Ayurveda Interventions under Mission Utkarsh’ was launched in New Delhi.
3. Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Smriti Irani attend the signing ceremony.
New Delhi, Feb 27: The Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of Women and Child Development have collaborated to address anaemia in adolescent girls through Ayurveda interventions, launching the ‘Anaemia Control among adolescent girls using Ayurveda interventions under Mission Utkarsh’ initiative at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Smriti Irani were present at the signing ceremony.
The project will initially target anaemic adolescent girls aged 14-18 in five aspirational districts: Dhubri, Bastar, Paschimi Singhbhum, Gadchiroli, and Dhaulpur. Approximately 95,000 girls in these districts will benefit from the program, which will cover around 10,000 Anganwadi Centres.
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Sarbananda Sonowal highlighted Mission Utkarsh’s goal of achieving national average Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in aspirational districts, while Smriti Irani emphasized the cost-effective solutions provided by Ayush systems for anaemia, citing evidence from institutions like ICMR.
Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha stressed the detrimental effects of anaemia on adolescents and the importance of traditional medicine systems in primary health care.
Indewar Pandey, Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, discussed the ministry’s efforts to address malnutrition, particularly among adolescent girls, through initiatives like ‘Saksham Aanganbaadi’ and the ‘Poshan’ Scheme. He highlighted the successful collaboration with Ayush, resulting in over 2.7 crore Ayush-based activities under various programs.
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has played a significant role in implementing public health initiatives, such as the national campaign on anaemia control through Ayurveda and operational studies assessing the effectiveness of Ayurvedic interventions.
During a recent event, Prof. Ravi Narayan Acharya and Pushpa Chaudhary from WHO, along with Dr Rajeev Bahl from ICMR, emphasized the importance of collaborative efforts in combating anaemia and improving the health outcomes of adolescent girls.
