The Government of India on 7 January 2014 launched the nation's first comprehensive adolescent health programme named Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) in New Delhi. The RKSK defines an adolescent as a person within 10-19 years of age, in urban and rural areas, includes both girls and boys, married and unmarried, poor and affluent, whether they are in school or out of school. This broad definition helps to address the multitude problems of adolescents across various groups and categories. The programme is committed at promotion of adolescent health mission across India and would address to the health needs of 243 million adolescents constituting 21 percent of the total population in the country.
The vision of the programme is that all adolescents in India are able to realize their full potential by making informed and responsible decisions related to their health and well-being.
RKSK has six priority (programme) areas as below:
The new adolescent health (AH) strategy focuses on age groups 10-14 years and 15-19 years with universal coverage, i.e. males and females; urban and rural; in school and out of school; married and unmarried; and vulnerable and under-served.
i. Improve Nutrition
ii. Enable sexual and reproductive health
iii. Enhance Mental Health
iv. Prevent injuries and violence
v. Prevent substance misuse
vi. Address conditions for NCDs
A. Community based interventions
B. Facility based interventions
D. Social and Behaviour Change Communication with focus on Inter Personal Communication
| Title | Size | Detail |
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| RKSK Performance Report, 2019-20 | 979.99 KB |  |
| MHS Operational Guidelines | 3.42 MB | |
| Operational framework WIFS | 1.21 MB | |
| Revised Guidelines for Menstrual Hygiene Scheme | 1.72 MB | |
| RKSK Implementation Guideline | 1.39 MB | |
| RKSK Operational Framework | 1.72 MB | |
| RKSK Strategy Handbook | 2.11 MB | |
| RKSK State Level Checklist | 677.27 KB | |
| RKSK District Level Checklist | 758.34 KB | |
| WIFS School and AWC Level Checklist | 404.51 KB | |
| WIFS Beneficiary Interview Checklist | 279.94 KB | |
| AFHC Checklist | 374.71 KB | |
| MHS Checklist | 435.42 KB | |
| AFHCs Reporting Formats September 2015 | 179 KB |  |
| Instructions for Maintaining Registration Service Delivery Record Final | 119.88 KB | |
| Facilitator’s Guide for ANMs LHVs | 2.05 MB | |
| Resource Book for ANMs LHVs | 3.26 MB | |
| Facilitator's Guide for Counsellors | 2.06 MB | |
| Resource Book for Counsellors | 985.02 KB | |
| Facilitator's Guide(1-140) for Peer Educators | 4.85 MB | |
| Facilitator's Guide(140-246) for Peer Educators | 3.75 MB | |
| Resource Book (1-100) for Peer Educators | 3.56 MB | |
| Resource Book(100-174) for Peer Educators | 4.22 MB | |
| Facilitator's Guide MO | 1.08 MB | |
| Resource Book MO | 3.43 MB | |