Which of the following statements about the recent collaboration between the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Ayush Ministry is/are incorrect?

1. The Memorandum of Understanding aims to implement a health screening program for tribal students in Eklavya Model Residential Schools.

2. The program will focus on anaemia, haemoglobinopathies, malnutrition, and tuberculosis.

3. The target age group for the health screening and management program is children aged between 6 and 10 years.

Solution

•  The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Ayush Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding paving the way for their collaboration on a nationwide health screening and management programme for about 20,000 tribal students enrolled in 55 Eklavya Model Residential Schools across the country. •  The government called it a “Joint National Level Project of Health Screening and Management through Ayurvedic Interventions”, adding that the idea is to have a special focus on anaemia, haemoglobinopathies, malnutrition and tuberculosis and develop an “integrated approach” for the management of these diseases. •  The programme will target children aged between 10 and 18 years, studying in Classes 6 to 12.