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Sensitization on weekly
iron folic acid supplementation
One day Sensitization Programme on Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme was held to sensitize the School Nodal Teachers of Hunli and Roing Block at Anchal Samiti Hall, Roing on 7 December 2013. The training programme was organized by District Health Society under the aegis of National Rural Health Mission, Roing.
Apart from Medical Officers, DRCs, CRCs and nodal teachers, Abu Saring, DAEO was also present on the occasion. Highlighting about WIFS and other school health programmes under NRHM through power point presentation, Dr M Basar, DRCHO Roing informed that WIFS is a free of cost health programme given by the Government. Goals of WIFS are to improve human capacity and productivity, to increase school attendance and learning capacity, to eliminate gender disparity in secondary education, improved infant survival health and to reduce anemia related maternal deaths. Its ultimate aim is to build a healthy nation. The programme implementation includes intake of iron folic acid tablet once a week under supervision, de-worming with Albendazole 400 mg tablets every six months, screening children for anemia and further referral, information and counselling about iron rich foods and anemia prevention. He further informed that IFA tablets are available free of cost in Govt. & aided schools and anganwadi centres. He also highlighted about the achievement of the DMO Dr Al ok Yirang while appeale to the nodal teachers to extend their helping hand as in other health programme. While informing that the district is soon to get a Polio Free Certificate from WHO which is the ultimate result of the effort of teachers and doctors of the district since the beginning of Pulse Polio Immunization Programme from 1995 onwards. He further sought the same cooperation and efforts from the teaching fraternity which would bring a good fruit in terms of healthy society in the long run. He exhorted them that your little effort in this programme would not go in vain but will definitely bring successful result though it may take Published on State Portal of Arunachal Pradesh
time. DDSE M Lego, also exhorted the nodal teachers present to implement the programme in toto saying that teachers are the only person which can reach to every nook and corners where no other departments can reach. He said, “Since we are in direct touch with the target groups, we much accept the responsibility to implement it sincerely”. Expressing serious concern over the absent of some nodal teachers in the sensitization programme, he said to initiate stern disciplinary action against the absentee teachers.
Attending the inaugural session Sandeep Kr Singh cal ed upon the nodal doctors and teachers to implement the programme in letter and spirit. He further emphasized on counselling through face to face interaction especially by the lady teachers to the adolescent boys and girls which are mostly the victims of anemia deficiency and added that if we can make the adolescent healthy than only we can hope for a healthy society in days to come. Published on State Portal of Arunachal Pradesh

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