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India Concludes Two-Week Women’s Health Drive With 18 Lakh Camps, 6.5 Crore Screened

Officials cast the results as proof of large-scale outreach, urging continued follow-up.

Overview

  • The 'Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar' campaign ran from September 17 to October 2 after being launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • The Health Ministry reported 18,08,071 health camps with a nationwide footfall nearing 10 crore citizens.
  • Screenings included 1.78 crore for hypertension and 1.72 crore for diabetes, plus more than 37 lakh breast, over 19 lakh cervical and over 69 lakh oral cancer checks.
  • Maternal and child services delivered more than 62.6 lakh antenatal check-ups and over 1.43 crore vaccinations for children.
  • Additional figures cited were 1.51 crore anaemia screenings, over 85 lakh TB checks, 10.23 lakh sickle cell tests, about 10.69 lakh Ni-kshay Mitra registrations, over 4.3 lakh blood-donor sign-ups and more than 10.69 lakh PM-JAY cards issued.