ALLAHABAD: The district health division is imparting sex education to 2,620 children aged between 10 to 18 years of age, at Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Allahabad district as part of the projects launched beneath the Rastriya Kishore Swastha Karyakram.
District programme manager of National Health Mission, VK Singh, mentioned, “The training will be given to school-going and non-school going children and would assist them reach a degree of maturity to make responsible decisions.”
Singh added that the training may even assist both boys and girls to grasp their sexuality and give protection to themselves from unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses and the subsequent possibility of infertility.
Health education officer (Kaurihar), Jaya Singh, mentioned, “ Currently, we're training 275 children at the Kaurihar CHC on my own”.
She additionally mentioned that the members can be decided on by way of the gram sabhas, gram sabha swachhta samitis and subsequently peer educators would educate them.
During the training, health officials would talk about more than a few issues touching on sexual health, mental health, social behaviour, physical abuse and sexual violence.
District programme manager of National Health Mission, VK Singh, mentioned, “The training will be given to school-going and non-school going children and would assist them reach a degree of maturity to make responsible decisions.”
Singh added that the training may even assist both boys and girls to grasp their sexuality and give protection to themselves from unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses and the subsequent possibility of infertility.
Health education officer (Kaurihar), Jaya Singh, mentioned, “ Currently, we're training 275 children at the Kaurihar CHC on my own”.
She additionally mentioned that the members can be decided on by way of the gram sabhas, gram sabha swachhta samitis and subsequently peer educators would educate them.
During the training, health officials would talk about more than a few issues touching on sexual health, mental health, social behaviour, physical abuse and sexual violence.
Health department imparts sex education to 2,620 youngsters at CHCs
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