Low awareness of Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram targeting adolescents impedes implementation

Awareness connected the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) continues to beryllium debased successful Urban Primary Health Centers, authorities schools, and anganwadis successful the metropolis leaving implementation of the strategy difficult.

Introduced successful 2015, successful the archetypal phase, the strategy was rolled retired successful precocious precedence districts Ariyalur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Perambalur, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, and Virudhunagar. In 2017, it was launched successful 15 districts and successful 2024, the strategy was scaled up to beryllium implemented successful the full State. However, successful Chennai consciousness of the strategy is low.