The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Health capsules on the air
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A major campaign utilising the mass media to disseminate health education and public health messages took off here on Monday with the launch of Radio Health, an initiative by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM-Arogyakeralam).
Inaugurating the campaign at a function here, Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy said Radio Health would make it possible to disseminate information about the increasing incidence of lifestyle- induced diseases and the importance of health in everyday life.
She said the project, to be aired on the Ananthapuri FM platform initially, would be extended to other parts of the State soon.
NRHM Director Dinesh Arora, who participated in the function, said moves were afoot to utilise Ham radio operators for the network.
Radio Health is envisaged as a vehicle for providing information on health-related activities in the State and for giving health education to the community, especially rural women.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A major campaign utilising the mass media to disseminate health education and public health messages took off here on Monday with the launch of Radio Health, an initiative by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM-Arogyakeralam).
Inaugurating the campaign at a function here, Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy said Radio Health would make it possible to disseminate information about the increasing incidence of lifestyle- induced diseases and the importance of health in everyday life.
She said the project, to be aired on the Ananthapuri FM platform initially, would be extended to other parts of the State soon.
NRHM Director Dinesh Arora, who participated in the function, said moves were afoot to utilise Ham radio operators for the network.
Radio Health is envisaged as a vehicle for providing information on health-related activities in the State and for giving health education to the community, especially rural women.
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