South Asian nations keen to replicate India s NCD screening programme
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Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 04:30 PM IST
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Introduced in 2017 by the Union health ministry, the NCD screening programme has so far enrolled 80 million persons across 29 states and Union territories, and has already screened about 30 million for common NCDs like diabetes, hypertension and certain cancers, the statement said.
The programme is currently being deployed in 503 districts and will be able to track health trends across the country.
The health ministry s non-communicable diseases (NCD) screening programme has attracted several South Asian countries, with Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar evincing interest in the programme, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The programme runs a cloud-based mobile, web and analytics solution application developed by Dell, while Tata Trusts supports implementation of the programme in the states through training and programme management ac
India s disease screening programme grabs S-A nations attention
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Tue, Mar 9 2021 17:42 IST |
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Mumbai, March 9 : India s Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) screening programme, facilitated by Tata Trusts and Dell, has now grabbed the attention of several South Asian countries, officials said here on Tuesday.
While Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar are interested in replicating the NCD screening, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has presented it to the 11 member-countries of its South-East Asian Region for population-based screening and its large-scale utility by field-level health workers.
Launched in 2017, the programme has so far enrolled around 7 crore people (80 million) across 29 states and UTs and has screened around 30 million (3 crore) for diseases like diabetes, hypertension and certain types of cancers.