TAWANG, 25 Oct: A ‘saans bahu pati sammelan-cum-nayi pehal kits distribution ceremony’ was organised by the Tawang District Health Society (NHM) at the KDS district hospital here on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, DC (i/c) Rinchin Leta said that “the nayi pehal kits are distributed not only for family planning, but proper gapping between the children ensures good health and better recovery period for a mother.”
He asked the ASHAs and anganwadi workers to “give proper awareness in this regard at grassroots level,” and dwelt on “the importance and procedures for marriage registration,” terming it “a legal tool to shield the bonding of marriage.”
DMO Dr Rinchin Neema said that “Often, family planning tools are not accessible to newly married couples due to economic and social reasons. The government initiated this scheme three years back to facilitate newly married couple with family planning kit through sub-centres and health & wellness centres.”
“Since traditional system of arranged marriage is not popular nowadays and many marriages begin with live-in relationship, it was decided to conduct this programme and encourage already married couples to maintain proper spacing between children,” he said, and asked the ASHAs to “provide kits to those couple who are newly married and educate them for proper spacing for better health of child and mother and also encourage institutional delivery of a child.”
CDPO Dondup Pema highlighted similar schemes under the women & child development department, and informed that “the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana is provided in three installments through DBT mode to beneficiaries’ account.”
She added that “marriage without registration is not legal.”
Gynaecologist Dr Tenzin Kunga briefed the ASHAs and health workers on “mother and child health and the time required for full body recovery of a mother after childbirth.” (DIPRO)
