1. Introduction:
WIFS
programme was launched on 15thJuly, 2013 for weekly administration
of Iron & Folic Acid Supplements (WIFS) to all students from class 6th
to 12th of Delhi Govt. and Delhi Govt. Schools.
2. Situation:
Prevalence
of Anemia in School Children of Delhi: Almost 36-50%.
3.
Opportunities:
•
To
reduce the Prevalence of Anemia in School Children
•
For
overall benefit of Children & Society as a whole
4. Programme:
•
IFA
Tablet is given weekly
on every Wednesday
•
Target
: 13.82 lakhs Students
of 6th to 12th Class
of all 1218 Govt. & Aided schools of Delhi
5. Reasons
for Low Coverage
Coverage reflected
through Online Reporting System of Dte. of
Education is lower than actual
consumption because of following
reasons/ challenges:
o
All the schools not
regularly reporting. Some schools are reporting number of tablets consumed in
place of number of students
o
The current online
reporting proforma of DOE does not tap
following information:
Number of students who consumed 1-3 tablets
/month
Number of students who refused IFA tablets
6. Action
taken by SHS to Address Challenges
- Login details of web portal provided to
District MOI/Cs of SHS to monitor and contact defaulting school nodal
teachers to upload reports
- Health
Talks by MO/PHN on day
of distribution of IFA tablets in class
rooms and during Assemblies/PTMs
- Request
made to DOE: To issue instructions to HoS and amend the
online reporting format to tap information on the No. of children who consumed
< 1-3 IFA tabs in the month, or those who refused
7. Coverage
:
Action
taken by Education Department
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