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Diabetes screening in schools, says Azad
Wednesday May 16, 2012 04:54:20 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Concerned
over the increase in diabetes among children and adolescents, the
union health ministry has initiated a school-based screening
programme for diabetes on pilot basis in six districts in the
country, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Wednesday.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Azad said that several
studies have contributed to overwhelming evidence that indicates
the increase in diabetes among children and adolescents.
The health ministry has initiated a school-based screening
programme for diabetes on pilot basis in six districts - Nainital
(Uttarakhand), Theni (Tamil Nadu), Nellore (Andhra Pradesh),
Dibrugarh (Assam), Bhilwara (Rajasthan) and Ratlam (Madhya
Pradesh), he said.
"Funds to each district have been released for the purpose. The
screening is primarily focused on school children of 1st to 10th
standards in the age group of 5 to 15 years. The screening
programme is in progress in the above cited six districts," he
said.
Besides, the health ministry is running a School Health Programme
(SHP) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) specifically
focused on school-going children and adolescents in the 6-18 years
age group enrolled in government and government-aided schools.
With an estimated 50.8 million people, India has the world's
largest diabetes population.
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