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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
What are the goals of RCH programme.
Mention any two different goals of RCH programme.
Explain any three measures to achieve the goals of RCH.
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उत्तर १
The goals of the Reproductive and Child Healthcare (RCH) programme are as follows:
i. To create awareness among people about various aspects related to reproduction.
ii. To provide facilities to people in order to understand and build up reproductive health.
iii. To provide support for building up a reproductively healthy society.
iv. To bring about a change mainly in three critical health indicators i.e. reducing total infertility rate, infant mortality rate, and maternal mortality rate.
उत्तर २
The goals of RCH can be achieved by the following ways:
- By the introduction of sex education in schools. Schools should be encouraged to provide correct information to the young so as to discourage children from believing in myths and clear the misconceptions about sex-related aspects. Proper information about safe and hygienic sexual practices, sexually transmitted diseases (STD, AIDS), problems related to adolescence, and proper information about reproductive organs.
- With the help of audio-visual and print media, government and non-government organizations should take various steps to create awareness about various aspects related to reproduction.
- By educating the younger generation about birth control measures, prenatal care of a pregnant woman, and post-natal care of the mother and child, the importance of breast feeding.
- By developing awareness about problems arising due to uncontrolled population growth, social evils like sex abuse and sex-related crimes and take up necessary steps to prevent them.
- By creating awareness about a statutory ban on amniocentesis for sex determination.
- By creating awareness about child immunization programmes.
- By educating couples to reduce the mortality rate of new borns and maternal mortality rate.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Reproductive and Child Healthcare (RCH) programmes are currently in operation. One of the major tasks of these programmes is to create awareness amongst people about the wide range of reproduction related aspects. As this is important and essential for building a reproductively healthy society.
- “Providing sex education in schools in one of the ways to meet this goal.” Give four points in support of your opinion regarding this statement.
- List any two ‘indicators’ that indicate a reproductively healthy society.
Amniocentesis for sex determination is banned in our country. Is this ban necessary? Comment.
Name the contraceptive device used by human females which is put over the cervix.
What substances are contained in oral pills, used as contraceptives? How do they work?
A woman uses pills A as a method of birth control (or preventing pregnancy). The pills A stop the ovaries from releasing ovum into oviducts. Another woman uses pills B as a method of birth control. The pills B kill the sperms and prevent pregnancy.
(a) What do the pills A contain?
(b) What is the common name of pills A?
(c) What do the pills B contain?
(d) What is the common name of pills B?
(e) What is the general name of these methods of birth control?
What is contraception ? List three reasons for adopting contraceptive methods.
Reproductive health includes ______.
Colonies of yeast fail to multiply in water, but multiply in sugar solution. Give one reason for this.
Give a suitable word for the following statement.
Name of a gland which transports secretions through ducts.
Observe the chart and graph given in the figure carefully and answer the following questions.

| Age in Years |
% of full height | |
| Boys | Girls | |
| 8 | 72% | 77% |
| 9 | 75% | 81% |
| 10 | 78% | 84% |
| 11 | 81% | 88% |
| 12 | 84% | 91% |
| 13 | 88% | 95% |
| 14 | 92% | 98% |
| 15 | 95% | 99% |
| 16 | 98% | 99.5% |
| 17 | 99% | 100% |
| 18 | 100% | 100% |
- Which of the line represents the height of boys?
- Which line represents the height of girls?
- What is the difference between the pattern of increase in the height of boys and girls?
- Is this pattern true for each individual?
