Hypertension to be tackled at primary health centres

NITI Aayog member V.K. Paul said that the battle against non-communicable diseases must be fought at the primary healthcare level

G-20 co-branded event “Accelerating the Prevention and Management of Hypertension and Diabetes”. Photo: Twitter/@MoHFW_INDIA

The Union Health Ministry has launched an initiative of screening and putting 75 million people with hypertension and diabetes on standard care by 2025, to mark the World Hypertension Day, here on May 17.

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This was announced by Dr. V.K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog at the G-20 co-branded event “Accelerating the Prevention and Management of Hypertension and Diabetes”, organised by the Health Ministry and World Health Organization.

At the #G20 co-branded event for "Accelerating the Prevention and Management of Hypertension and Diabetes" on #WorldHypertensionDay, Dr V K Paul, Member (H) @NITIAayog & Health Secy Shri Rajesh Bhushan released the Strategic Operational Guidelines for NP-NCD 2023-2030.… pic.twitter.com/gcGPjAF5qR

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) May 17, 2023

Dr. Paul said that the battle against non-communicable diseases (NCD) must be fought at the primary healthcare level and pointed out that India has created a platform to fight the menace through the creation of more than 1.5 lakh HWCs and operationalisation of telemedicine and digital health services.

In addition to the 75/25 initiative, the Shashakt Portal was launched for training of 40,000 Primary Health Care Medical Officers on Standard Treatment Workflow for NCDs.