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Programme for non-communicable diseases renamed
Context
The Union health ministry has decided to rename its national programme and portal aimed at tackling the rising challenge of non-communicable diseases.
The need
- In the last few years, many new diseases or disease groups or new initiatives have been added to the programme such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic kidney disease, STEMI among others”.
- There was a need that scheme in its present form may subsume all types of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) under a new name.
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Non-communicable diseases (NCD)
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The Previous Programme
- Earlier the programme on non-communicable diseases included diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and stroke, and hence it was known as the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS).
- NPCDCS was being implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM) across the country.
The new programme
- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to rename ‘NPCDCS’ as the National Programme for Prevention & Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD).
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National NCD Portal:
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