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The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formulated a draft menstrual hygiene policy in consultation with stakeholders, Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Numerous meetings have been held on the issue of compliance of branding guidelines with all the states and union territories, including under the chairmanship of the Union health secretary, on March 31 and May 11 this year.
As per the observations during the visit for assessment of AB-HWCs operationalisation, the state had not complied with the branding requirements in the case of SC-HWCs and PHC-HWCs in rural and urban areas, says the ministry
The centre has provided all necessary resources to the states, from training the healthcare workers to providing adequate funds to the states under the Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) for activities including surveillance, case management, laboratory diagnosis, insecticides, etc
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In view of the recent rise in dengue cases across the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday directed the officials to be fully geared up and strengthen prevention, containment and management measures for the vector-borne disease. India News | Health Minister Mandaviya Asks Officials to Fully Gear Up as Dengue Cases Rise.