Kishori Shakti Yojona Prakolpa (Govt. of India Programme) & "Beti Bacchayo and Beti Parroaw-If a country educates and make the young girls educated and healthy-Next generation will too be healthy

Kishori Shakti Yojona Prakolpa
(Govt. of India Programme)

Empowering girl child is important “- So that when they become responsible women or house wife they can establish not only their own health and rights but also enable to build up a healthy family with good nutritional status --> leading to Prosperous Nation. Reasonably free of malnutrition and ill health

Many believe that as a planner   women are superior to men. Author’s belief is also like that.

The “Girls Power Initiative” (GPI) - a NGO (recognized by Nigeria Govt.) has shown that this path have worked in their country in a big way.

GPI (a NGO) urges call to other countries to follow their principle of empowering & educating girl child to build up a prosperous nation. This is the latest view of poverty eradication which surprisingly many economists have now started approving.

 What next path of development and hunger reduction yet to come???     Don’t Know!!

Proper Care and Affection to Girl Child can not only remove poverty from India but also restore the missing sex ratio (0 – 6 year)

But, there is alyas a place of but i .e. Role of Attitudinal factor –
Knowledge Attitude & Practice (K.A.P.) in the development process and hunger reduction.

It is difficult to impart scientific knowledge to common people, particularly illiterate rural people of India.

It is a common observation that community often don’t listen to good words (polio vaccine). In case of malnutrition if the remedies are not accepted by the community then it is no point in discussing about good foods / unhealthy foods.

Knowledge Attitude & Practice (K.A.P.) in the development process and hunger reduction.

But does this mean it is irrelevant to discuss under nutrition to them? No. We should not be so pessimistic about them. Time has come to break the community barriers. We should understand that long term habits acquired in a community setting is difficult to change and great patience is warranted. Can we change Smoking overnight? Alcohol drinking?   Thus  is the attitude of the person concerned, We gynecologists have a very uphill path to educate people, women in particular.