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Odisha Chief Minister Calls for Stronger Health, Nutrition, Education Action
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi met with officials to discuss health, nutrition and education.
He said these areas are important for building a strong society.
He asked health officials to work to reduce deaths among mothers and babies.
He also said pregnant women and newborns in remote places should get good healthcare.
He called for better emergency care and more accountability from healthcare workers.
Officials were asked to do more to address child malnutrition.
The Chief Minister also stressed checking the quality of food and supplements given at Anganwadi centres.
For schools, he asked officials to improve children’s early learning and teachers to focus on teaching.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed three state departments at a PRAYASS meeting in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
He urged stronger action to reduce maternal, infant and neonatal mortality, especially in rural and remote areas.
Majhi called for greater accountability among healthcare workers and stronger emergency services at medical facilities.
He directed officials to intensify the Suposhit Odisha Mission and improve monitoring of food and nutritional supplements at Anganwadi centres.
He urged the School and Mass Education Department to improve foundational learning and asked teachers to focus on teaching.
- Who
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Chief Secretary Anu Garg, Development Commissioner D.K. Singh and senior officials from three departments.
- What
- Majhi reviewed the health, women and child development, and school and mass education departments and called for stronger action.
- Where
- Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- When
- Thursday; the article does not specify a date.
- Why
- To identify and examine grassroots social-sector issues and pursue swift, sustainable solutions in health, nutrition and education.
Key facts
- Meeting
- PRoactive Governance Attempt for Yielding Results and Advancing Social Sector (PRAYASS)
- Departments reviewed
- Health and Family Welfare; Women and Child Development; School and Mass Education
- Health priorities
- Reducing maternal, infant and neonatal mortality; improving care for pregnant women and newborns
- Healthcare measures
- Greater healthcare-worker accountability and stronger emergency services
- Nutrition initiative
- Intensifying the Suposhit Odisha Mission to address malnutrition, including stunting and wasting
- Anganwadi centres
- Majhi stressed the quality and monitoring of food and nutritional supplements provided to children
- Education priority
- Improving foundational education from primary level and student learning outcomes
Quotes
Mohan Charan Majhi
Chief Minister of Odisha
“Only through these three areas, health, nutrition and quality education, can a strong society be built.”
thehansindia.com
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