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The Chief Minister ordered the authorities to pay special attention towards women and girls' health by taking an active part in the Swechha programme once a month and said that priority should be given to women in the recruitment of PHC doctors.  He ordered the officials to put up hoardings in village and ward secretariats on Aarogya Sri displaying the contact details of

Under the Swechha initiative, 10 sanitary napkins will be given every month to about 10 lakh adolescent girls studying from 7th-12th grades in all government schools and intermediate colleges in AP.

Once every two months, the officials will distribute napkins to girl students studying in over 10,000 schools and colleges across Andhra Pradesh. 

Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday launched the Swechha programme which aims at the health and hygiene of adolescent girls studying in government schools and colleges by providing quality sanitary napkins at free of cost. Speaking on this occasion, the Chief Minister said that many reports stated that almost 23 percent of the young girls in this country

He said under this initiative, awareness on menstruation would be created among students between classes 7 and 12, once in every month

Free Sanitary Napkins For AP Girl Students From July Mar 09, 2021, 11:02 IST AMARAVATI: As part of the Swechha Programme to ensure affordable access to health and menstrual hygiene launched  on International  Womens Day on Monday by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy , adolescent girl students will receive  10 sanitary napkins per month. Under the programme, the government would supply 10 sanitary napkins per month per child to every adolescent girl studying in Classes...