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Swasth Nari Campaign Widens Reach With Army, Delhi and Punjab Health Camps

The fortnight programme delivers targeted screenings for women, children plus on-site enrolments through community clinics.

Overview

  • In Jammu and Kashmir, 150 General Hospital in Rajouri, led by Brigadier Poonam Raj with the Military Dental Centre, held a women and child health camp offering checkups, counselling and referrals.
  • In flood-affected Nangal, Punjab, a mega multi‑speciality camp by the Indian Minorities Federation and NID Foundation served over 5,000 residents with free tests, medicines and spectacles, and collected 100 units of blood.
  • Delhi operated Ayushman Arogya Mandir camps in Karkardooma and Babarpur providing free checkups, specialist consultations, medicines, vaccinations, PMJAY cards and ABHA IDs, plus nutrition and menstrual health support.
  • Gujarat reported strong uptake with more than 42,000 women served in Dahod, over 13,000 beneficiaries across 539 camps in Kutch, and Navsari support that included food kits and Rs 3,000 cash assistance for TB patients.
  • Launched on September 17 and running through October 2, the MoHFW–MoWCD initiative plans over 10 lakh camps to expand screenings for anaemia, NCDs, TB, sickle cell disease and cancers, alongside antenatal care and immunisation.