Agartala, 4th November 2026 : With an aim to strengthen preventive healthcare among children and adolescents, the Tripura government will conduct the ninth phase of the Chief Minister’s Healthy Childhood, Healthy Adolescence Campaign (MSSSKA 9.0) from November 16 to 30 across the state. The initiative is expected to benefit 10,30,684 children and adolescents in the age group of one to 19 years.
Preparations for the statewide programme were reviewed at a state-level orientation training and coordination meeting held at Pragya Bhawan in Agartala on Wednesday. The meeting also discussed measures for effective implementation of the Anemia-Mukt Bharat programme.
The campaign will focus on identifying health-related complications at an early stage, conducting health check-ups and ensuring timely medical intervention for children and adolescents. Distribution of essential medicines, nutritional supplements and preventive healthcare services will be carried out through educational institutions, Anganwadi centres and household visits.
The initial phase, scheduled for November 16 to 23, will cover schools, Anganwadi centres, degree colleges, ITIs and other technical and vocational institutions. Subsequently, a mop-up drive will be conducted between November 24 and 30 to reach children and adolescents who may have been missed during the first phase.
Special outreach camps will be arranged in tea gardens, brick kilns, slum settlements, orphanages and private educational institutions. Health workers will also conduct door-to-door visits to distribute medicines and provide vaccination services. Awareness programmes, Gram Sabhas and consultative meetings will be organised as part of the campaign.
A major focus will be on combating anaemia through iron and folic acid supplementation, awareness campaigns and regular monitoring. Other interventions will include deworming, Vitamin A supplementation, diarrhoea prevention and control activities, and implementation of Poshan Abhiyan.
The programme will also strengthen routine immunisation, including tetanus and diphtheria vaccination, age-specific immunisation for 10-year-old and 16-year-old children, and Measles-Rubella vaccination. Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance will also continue.
In addition, the campaign will address adolescent pregnancy and child marriage prevention, newborn and child care, pneumonia control and promotion of exclusive breastfeeding. Generation of ABHA IDs for children through the U-WIN portal will also be undertaken under the Chief Minister’s initiative.
The meeting was attended by Director of Health Services Dr. Debashree Debbarma, Director of Family Welfare and Preventive Medicine Dr. Anjan Das, NHM Joint Mission Director Dr. Jubilee Debbarma and Health and Family Welfare Society Member Secretary Dr. Souvik Debbarma. Representatives and officials from the Social Welfare and Social Education, School Education and Higher Education departments were also present.
The details were shared in a press release issued by the National Health Mission and the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
