Lok Sabha Question No. 3821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Homoeopathy for Healthy Child
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: VIKRAM USENDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3821 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH MARCH, 2017

## HOMOEOPATHY FOR HEAL THY CHILD

## 3821. SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is formulating any scheme for implementing a programme namely Homoeopathy for Healthy Child (HHC) in all the States of the country including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) if so, the details and the main features thereof;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to implement HHC in all the districts of the country; an
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) & (b):                  Yes , th Ministry  of  AYUS H  has  implemented  a  programme  called 'Homeopathy for Healthy Child' (HHC) through Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH),  an  autonomous  organization  under  Ministry  of  AYUSH.  The  programme  has  been undertaken on pilot basis in ten blocks of six districts in five states of the country. The program is also extended in two blocks of Jharkhand and Rajasthan under tribal sub - plan. However, the state of Chhattisgarh is not included in the said program. Details are placed at Annexure.
- (c) &d):     This is a Pilot Project and there is no proposal at present to implement HHC districts of the country.
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## HOMOEOPATHY FOR HEALTHY CHILD

## Summary

Under  the  directions  of  Ministry  of  AYUSH,  Central  Council  for  Research  i Homoeopathy  (CCRH)  has  developed  a  program  on  Homoeopathy  for  Healthy  Child.  The program  has  2  components  namely,  'Homoeopathy  for  teething  complaints  in  children'  and 'Integration of Homoeopathy with Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)'. The component on 'Homoeopathy for teething complaints in children' focuses on children in the age group of 6 months to 3 years and aims at promotion of healthy teething by using Homoeopathic bio - chemic medicines. Teething associated problems such as diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, irrit treated  with  homeopathic  medicines.  The  component  on  'Integration  of  Homoeopathy  with RBSK'  focuses  on  children  in  the  age  group  of  0  to  18  years  an d  aims  at  screening,  early detection  and  early  intervention  of  defects,  delays,  deficiencies  and  diseases  identif RBSK. The program is being undertaken on pilot mode in 10 blocks in 6 districts as follows

| S. N.   | State         | Coordinating CCRH center                           | Districts         | Blocks identified                   |
|---------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam         | RRI Guwahati                                       | Kamrup            | Dhirenpara, Central Zone block      |
| 2       | Delhi         | CCRH Headquarters                                  | New Delhi         | Delhi Cantonment & Nangal Raya Zone |
| 3       | Maharashtra   | RRI Mumbai                                         | Palghar           | Vikramgarh                          |
| 4       | Odisha        | RRI Puri through DPRU, Bhubaneswar                 | Cuttack           | Niali, Kantapada                    |
| 5       | Uttar Pradesh | CRI Noida                                          | Gautam Budh Nagar | Bisrakh, Dadri                      |
|         |               | HDRI Lucknow Through Clinical Trial Unit Gorakhpur | Gorakhpur         | Bhatahat, Chargwan                  |
| 6       | Rajasthan     | RRI(H), Jaipur,                                    | Amber             | ST dominant areas of Amber Block    |
| 7       | Karnataka     | Dr.Issac Mathai, Rural center                      | Hosekote Taeku    | Jadigenahalli                       |
| 8       | Jharkhand     | CRU(T) Ranchi                                      | Kanke             | ST dominant Villages                |

The  field  workers  in  these  blocks  have  been  trained  by experts  from  homoeopathy, pediatrics  and  dentistry  or  community  medicine for  identifying  the  common  problems associated with primary teething and the use of homoeopathic medicine kits. They have been provided  with  the  medicine  kits  and  data  recording  registers  for  data  collectio compilation. All these programs were conduct ed in coordination with the district and block level authorities.

## Children under follow up:

More than 50,000 children have been enrolled. The nodal officers of the program have been trained on undertaking screening of children for 4 Ds (defects, developmental del deficiencies and diseases) as outlined under the RBSK.