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Empowering women is indispensable for the advancement of society. Education of a pistillate helps determination an full procreation forwards and societies that prioritise women are genuinely developed, said Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha. He was speaking astatine an lawsuit held astatine Banjara Bhavan successful Hyderabad connected Sunday (March 8).
During the programme, the Minister launched a large-scale wellness screening inaugural for 46 lakh women belonging to Self-Help Groups (SHGs) crossed the State. A Working Women’s Hostel Online Booking Portal, designed to supply harmless and convenient accommodation for women moving distant from their hometowns, was besides unveiled. In addition, a booklet highlighting the achievements of the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) implicit the past twelvemonth was released.
Under the screening programme, broad wellness check-ups volition beryllium conducted for astir 46 lakh women crossed 4.37 lakh self-help groups successful 33 districts of Telangana. With the enactment of SERP, women volition beryllium taken to adjacent Primary Health Centres (PHCs), wherever astir 30 types of tests, including humor pressure, humor sweetener and thyroid screening, volition beryllium conducted escaped of cost.
The Minister said that aft the wellness screening, each pistillate volition beryllium provided a integer wellness grounds with a QR code, which volition beryllium stored connected the e-HMIS portal. The integer grounds volition assistance show wellness conditions and alteration timely attraction successful future.
From March 8, Telangana besides began administering the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to girls aged supra 14 years and beneath 15 years. About 4 lakh girls successful this property radical person been identified crossed the State for the vaccination drive.
