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Guest lecture on "Adolescent Health"
on 29.01.2016
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| Mrs .B. Ashifa, Programme officer, Family Planning Association of India, Ellis Nagar addressing the audience on “Adolescent Health” |
The Women’s Studies Centre of Thiagarajar College, Madurai organized a guest lecture on “Adolescent Health” on 29.01.2016. Around 100 students from various departments of the college participated in the programme. Dr. D. Anbugeetha, Assistant Professor, Department of Business administration introduced the chief guest and welcomed the gathering. The resource person of the programme, Mrs. B. Ashifa, Programme officer, Family Planning Association of India, Ellisnagar, Madurai oriented the girl students on various aspects of adolescent health. She focused on healthy diet, menstrual practices and hygiene. reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted infections. She explained the process of puberty and general health problems faced by the adolescent girls. She discussed the misconceptions and myths about menstruation held by the society. The students raised several doubts during the interaction session all of which were clarified satisfactorily by the guest speaker. Prof. K. Praveena, Lecturer in Economics proposed the vote of thanks.
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