Tune in for good health
Radio Health, a community-driven health show is now on air on All India Radio FM. The programme hopes to improve doctor-patient communication through an interactive platform in a pilot start in the southern state of Karnataka.
Thiruvananthapuram: Radio Health, the community-driven health education FM radio is on air from Tuesday. It was officially inaugurated by Health Minister P K Sreemathi on Monday. The National Rural Health Mission (Arogya Keralam) has tied up with the Ananthapuri channel of the All India Radio for broadcasting the programmes.
- Health Minister of Kerela at the inaugural function of Radio Health / Photo credit: Express News Service
Initially half-an-hour programmes will be broadcast for four days a week.
The radio will function as an informative and interactive educational media that will also be used to organise, integrate and coordinate various health activities.
As a pilot project, the coverage area of the radio in the first phase will be entire Thiruvananthapuram, north up to Chavara and south up to Kanyakumari. It will be later extended to all districts in phases.
As part of the initiative, a full-fledged studio has been set up in the capital city. Radio Health clubs are being formed in the district and it is being planned to set up 500 such clubs in one year.
The radio is expected to improve the doctor- patient communication by providing an interactive platform through its programmes.
