IAP urges for independent ministry for children and adolescents in election manifestos

The initiative, spearheaded by Dr Samir H Dalwai, a developmental behavioural paediatrician, highlights the request for collaboration betwixt paediatricians and governmental parties to formulate policies based connected 4 cardinal principles: the close to survival, development, protection, and participation. In a caller nonfiction published successful Indian Paediatrics, Dr. Dalwai, alongside Y K Amdekar—former Medical Director of B J Wadia Hospital—stated, “We person reviewed the predetermination manifestos of assorted governmental parties and recovered that children and adolescents person small to nary mention, fto unsocial immoderate nonsubjective commitments.”

Currently, issues affecting children are scattered crossed assorted ministries, including health, nutrition, protection, and disability. While the Ministry of Women and Child Development oversees the payment of women and children, children’s issues are often addressed successful isolation.

Dr Dalwai further stated, “Establishing a separate, consolidated Ministry for Children and Adolescents would signify the government’s committedness to prioritising their welfare. This dedicated ministry could centralise efforts related to health, education, and development, efficaciously coordinating with different ministries to tackle emerging challenges, including the adverse impacts of integer exertion and clime change.”

The IAP is engaging with elder leaders, including Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, submitting appeals for this inaugural to beryllium included successful their manifestos. They besides program to grow their efforts astatine the nationalist level successful the future.