Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s special awareness drive under the Intensified IEC Campaign 3.0 has achieved notable success in spreading awareness on RTI/STI (Reproductive Tract Infection/Sexually Transmitted Infection) across the state.
According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, the campaign which is being implemented jointly by NACO, OSACS and DAPCU, has completed nine weeks of intensive outreach. In the 9th week alone, more than 5,600 villages and wards were covered through awareness meetings, over 1,500 schools and colleges conducted sensitization programmes for students, and more than 31,500 families were reached through social contract meetings.
The cumulative achievement from the first to the ninth week is even more significant. So far, over 1.40 lakh village and ward-level awareness meetings have been organized, more than 1.30 lakh schools and colleges have covered students under the awareness programme, and over 80,000 families have been sensitized through direct social engagement.
The government campaign aims to strengthen information, education and communication on prevention, early detection and treatment of STI/RTI infections.
