Dr. Geeta Patil, Chairperson-2024 of Adolescent Health Academy (AHA) — a Subspeciality Chapter of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) — and a Senior Consultant Paediatrician, Adolescent Health Care Specialist and Counsellor from Bengaluru, was in Mysuru recently to install the new team of Mysuru Adolescent Health Academy-2024.
Dr. Geeta Patil, trainer for various National IAP Presidential action plans, in her keynote address, spoke about AHA’s vision of ‘Holistic well-being of adolescents’ and its mission of ‘Reaching the Unreached Adolescents.’ Sujata Rajpal spoke to her exclusively for Star of Mysore (SOM), on primary health and mental health issues in adolescents. Excerpts.—Ed
