The Tripura government will run the ninth phase of the Chief Minister’s Healthy Childhood, Healthy Adolescence Campaign (MSSSKA 9.0), the Tripura healthy childhood campaign, from 16 to 30 November 2026. The campaign is expected to benefit 10,30,684 children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 across the state. Phase 1 will run from 16 to 23 November in schools, Anganwadi centres, degree colleges, ITIs and technical and vocational institutions, with a mop-up phase from 24 to 30 November for those who missed the first round.
The Tripura healthy childhood campaign focuses on early identification of health problems, check-ups and timely intervention. Children and adolescents will receive health screening, and those found to need care will be referred for follow-up. The programme also covers anaemia through iron and folic acid supplementation and monitoring, and routine immunisation, including tetanus and diphtheria vaccines, with age-specific doses for 10-year-olds and 16-year-olds, as well as measles and rubella vaccination.
How the Tripura healthy childhood campaign will run
Phase 1, from 16 to 23 November, will cover institutions across Tripura. Schools and Anganwadi centres will serve younger children, while degree colleges, ITIs and technical and vocational institutions will cover older adolescents. Health teams will carry out check-ups at these sites, so children and adolescents can be screened where they study or receive early childhood care.
The mop-up phase, from 24 to 30 November, will follow up with children and adolescents who were absent or missed during phase 1. That second window is meant to close gaps in coverage, so the expected total of 10,30,684 beneficiaries reflects the full two-phase effort rather than the first week alone.
Health checks in the Tripura healthy childhood campaign
Early identification is a central aim. Screening can pick up problems that might otherwise go unnoticed, and timely intervention can then follow. The Tripura healthy childhood campaign links check-ups to referral, so a child found to need further care is directed to the right service rather than left with a screening result alone.
Anaemia is a specific focus. Iron and folic acid supplementation will be given, and children will be monitored as part of the campaign. Anaemia affects energy, growth and learning, and regular supplementation combined with monitoring is the approach the campaign uses to address it among children and adolescents in the age group covered.
Immunisation in the Tripura healthy childhood campaign
Routine immunisation forms another part of the campaign. Tetanus and diphtheria vaccines will be given, with age-specific doses for 10-year-olds and 16-year-olds. Measles and rubella vaccination is also included. The Tripura healthy childhood campaign uses these vaccines to protect against diseases that can cause serious illness, and the campaign uses the school and institution setting to reach children at the ages when booster doses are due.
Details of the campaign were given in a press release from the National Health Mission and the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Tripura. The release sets out the dates, the expected beneficiary total and the institutions covered, and it frames the ninth phase as a continuation of earlier phases of the same campaign.
Teachers and health workers play a direct role in the Tripura healthy childhood campaign, since the screening takes place in schools and other institutions where children spend their days. Parents will be informed when a check-up finds a problem that needs follow-up, and referral routes will connect the child to the nearest service able to provide care. The campaign also relies on records kept at each site, so health teams can track which children have been screened, which have received supplements or vaccines, and which still need attention during the mop-up phase.
With nine phases now planned, the campaign has become a regular health drive in the state. The ninth phase runs from 16 November, with phase 1 ending on 23 November and the mop-up phase ending on 30 November 2026. The Tripura healthy childhood campaign will close on that date after the mop-up phase ends.