A national-level project of health screening and management through Ayurvedic interventions to benefit over 20,000 tribal students will be launched tomorrow by Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Arjun Munda tomorrow at New Delhi.
The Ministry of Ayush through its research council CCRAS has taken this health Initiatives for Tribal Students in collaboration with Ministry of Tribal Affairs and ICMR-NIRTH Jabalpur.
The project aims at screening the general health condition of the students enrolled in classes 6th to 12th. The screening will be carried out in selected 55 Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) spread across 14 states of the country.
The special focus is on Anaemia, Haemoglobinopathies, Malnutrition & Tuberculosis. Efforts will be made to inculcate healthy lifestyle practices among students as per the principles of Ayurveda. Also, an integrated approach will be made for the management of the diseases.
The intervention will be carried out by the 16 peripheral units of Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India & ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur in collaboration with Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Tribal Affairs in October 2022 to explore the areas of collaboration, convergence and synergy for tribal development. Accordingly, CCRAS developed 72 Poshan Vatikas in EMRS of 20 states. CCRAS Institutes also participated in the mega health camps during Janajati Mahotsav at Saraikela, Jharkhand.
