{"id":669,"date":"2025-08-27T03:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.236.237.24\/?page_id=669"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:54:32","slug":"rksk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/rksk\/","title":{"rendered":"RKSK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"669\" class=\"elementor elementor-669\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2df48e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2df48e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6c894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"ea6c894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b8da15 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b8da15\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb900c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efb900c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acc748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acc748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"nhm-hero\">\n<div class=\"nhm-hero-content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"nhm-tag\">RKSK<\/div>\n<h2>Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\nRashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) is a flagship adolescent health programme designed to address the comprehensive health needs of adolescents aged <strong>10\u201319 years<\/strong>. The programme ensures universal coverage irrespective of gender, educational status, or location and focuses on six priority areas including nutrition, reproductive health, mental health, injuries and violence, substance misuse, and non-communicable diseases.\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nhm-hero-image\" style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20260721_120628.jpg-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Anemia Mukt Bharat\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Phased Implementation in Tamil Nadu<\/h3>\n<div class=\"unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"unit-card\"><strong>Phase I (2014\u201315)<\/strong>\nImplemented in 9 priority districts including Ariyalur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore and Virudhunagar.<\/div>\n<div class=\"unit-card\"><strong>Phase II (2017\u201318)<\/strong>\nExpanded to 15 additional districts across Tamil Nadu.<\/div>\n<div class=\"unit-card\"><strong>Phase III (2024\u201325)<\/strong>\nExtended to the remaining 14 districts, ensuring statewide coverage.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Facility-Based Interventions<\/h3>\n<div class=\"program-block\">\n\n<strong>Adolescent Friendly Health Centres (AFHCs)<\/strong>\n\nAFHCs provide medical consultation, counselling and referral services for adolescents. These centres function at Block Primary Health Centres, District Headquarters Hospitals, Sub-District Government Hospitals and District Early Intervention Centres in Medical College Hospitals.\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-grid\">\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>758<\/strong>\nFunctional AFHCs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>School-Based Interventions<\/h3>\n<h4>Peer Educator Programme<\/h4>\n<div class=\"info-box\">Peer Educators serve as a bridge between adolescents and health services. Two peer educators are selected from each school to promote adolescent health awareness and healthy practices.<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-grid\">\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>30,994<\/strong>\nPeer Educators<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>15,497<\/strong>\nGovernment &amp; Government-Aided Schools<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>6\u201312<\/strong>\nClasses Covered<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Adolescent Health Days &amp; Club Meetings<\/h4>\n<div class=\"program-block\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>Adolescent Health Days are conducted once every three months.<\/li>\n \t<li>Parents, teachers, Village Health Nurses, RBSK Medical Officers, Panchayat representatives and community stakeholders participate.<\/li>\n \t<li>Monthly Adolescent Health Club Meetings include health education sessions, quizzes and awareness activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"info-box\">Under Anaemia Mukt Bharat, Iron and Folic Acid tablets are provided to school-going and out-of-school adolescents through schools and Anganwadi centres.<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-grid\">\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>74,65,648<\/strong>\nSchool-going Adolescents Benefited<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>2,27,568<\/strong>\nOut-of-School Adolescents Benefited<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Menstrual Hygiene Programme<\/h4>\n<div class=\"program-block\">Implemented since 2011, the programme provides free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls and promotes safe menstrual hygiene practices.<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-grid\">\n<div class=\"info-card\">Improve awareness on menstrual hygiene.<\/div>\n<div class=\"info-card\">Promote access to quality sanitary napkins.<\/div>\n<div class=\"info-card\">Ensure safe disposal of sanitary napkins.<\/div>\n<div class=\"info-card\">Empower adolescent girls through health education.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-grid\">\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>34,00,136<\/strong>\nAdolescent Girls Benefited<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Ayushman Bharat \u2013 School Health &amp; Wellness Programme<\/h4>\n<div class=\"info-box\">Two teachers from every Government and Government-Aided School are designated as Health &amp; Wellness Ambassadors to conduct weekly health sessions and support peer-led health promotion activities.<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-grid\">\n<div class=\"stat-card\"><strong>16,300<\/strong>\nTeachers Trained<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3944fe9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3944fe9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6f7589 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c6f7589\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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The programme ensures universal coverage irrespective of gender, educational status, or location and focuses on six priority areas including nutrition, reproductive health, mental health, injuries [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-669","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}