Rising KashmirRising KashmirRising Kashmir
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search

Archives

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022

Categories

  • Anchor
  • Breaking
  • Business
  • City
  • Developing Story
  • Editorial
  • Education
  • Features
  • Health
  • Interview
  • Jammu
  • Jammu and Kashmir News
  • Kashmir
  • Kashmir Tourism
  • Kath Bath
  • National
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Top Stories
  • Trending
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Viewpoint
  • World
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: NCDs a major challenge, people above 30 to get screened: Secy Health
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Follow US
© 2024. All Rights Reserved.
Rising Kashmir > Blog > Kashmir > NCDs a major challenge, people above 30 to get screened: Secy Health
Kashmir

NCDs a major challenge, people above 30 to get screened: Secy Health

M Peerzada
Last updated: January 12, 2023 11:03 pm
M Peerzada
Published: January 12, 2023
Share
3 Min Read
SHARE

Srinagar, Jan 12: Administrative Secretary, Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department, Bhupinder Kumar Thursday said people above 30 years would be screened in future as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain a major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said a number of measures are being taken at the UT level to deal with NCDs.
“NCDs like hypertension, diabetes, cancer and other respiratory illnesses are a challenge in future. And the disease burden is increasing alongside with life expectancy,” he said.
“Detection of NCDs is very important to fight the disease. Our strategy is that population above 30 years would be screened in order to further manage the diseases. Our field teams have been also trained for the same,” Kumar said.
He said now the focus would be on NCDs and people would be identified after screening and followed by further management to maintain the quality of life.
“We are currently working on NCDs and there has been a great mobilization in the department. NCDs are a major challenge for us. To achieve this, primary healthcare facilities like PHCs and Sub Centres will play a pivotal role apart from child and maternity health services,” the Secretary said.
The health department is also improving cardiac services and more cardiologists have been posted to screen heart diseases at the right time. “Our healthcare understanding is limited to hospitals only but we need to take it to the community level.
The National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) was launched to prevent and control major NCDs.
An official of NHM J&K said that 42.86 lakh individuals aged 30 years or more have been enrolled in Jammu and Kashmir on the designated portal.
Out of these, more than 37.54 lakh individuals have been assessed for risk factors of NCDS. A total of 23.5 lakh individuals have been screened and approximately 3.41 lakh have been examined in the last three months only.
As per the World Health Organization, NCDs share four major risk factors: tobacco use, physical inactivity, the harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets.
The epidemic of NCDs poses devastating health consequences for individuals, families and communities, and threatens to overwhelm health systems.
The socioeconomic costs associated with NCDs make the prevention and control of these diseases a major development imperative for the 21st century.
The secretary health also said that over the years there has been a decline in maternal and infant deaths and they also working to further working decrease the maternal and child deaths. “This is also aimed to achieve the sustainable development goals,” he said.
“We are a much better place in maternal and child care services and the department is aimed to take the infant deaths to single digit in the upcoming three years,” he said.

J&K’s rural hospitals face shortage of nurses: RHS report
Gov will work on recruitment policy: Edu minister
Secy Tribal Affairs assures timely action on public grievances, demands
Highway Four Lanning: Redouble efforts for timely completion: DC B’la
PHD Chamber apprises pollution control chairman of industry’s challenges 

Sign Up For Daily Newsletter

Be keep up! Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.
By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Share This Article
Facebook Whatsapp Whatsapp Copy Link Print
Previous Article Ahead of Amit Shah’s visit, police cracks down on 20 OGWs
Next Article RJD leader, Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav passes away at 75
Leave a Comment Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected

1MFollowersLike
262kFollowersFollow
InstagramFollow
234kSubscribersSubscribe
Google NewsFollow

Latest News

Tourism comes to grind halt in Sonamarg after Pahalgam terror attack
Kashmir
May 29, 2025
SKUAST-K to establish advanced reproductive biotechnology centre to enhance animal breeding
Kashmir
May 29, 2025
DC calls for intensified action against drug abuse at NCORD review in Gbl
Kashmir
May 29, 2025
Shikara operators continue to ignore mandatory safety protocols
City
May 29, 2025

Recent Posts

  • Tourism comes to grind halt in Sonamarg after Pahalgam terror attack
  • SKUAST-K to establish advanced reproductive biotechnology centre to enhance animal breeding
  • DC calls for intensified action against drug abuse at NCORD review in Gbl
  • Shikara operators continue to ignore mandatory safety protocols
  • IUST partners with government for building safer J&K

Recent Comments

  1. BASHIR AHMAD BHAT on Poor hotel accommodation, lack of medical facilities irk Kashmiri pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, video goes viral
  2. sree vishnu movies on Pahalgam attack shatters Kashmir’s film tourism revival
  3. SavePlus on AI and Behavioural Analytics in Gaming: Making the World of Gaming Better
  4. Parul on Govt acknowledges faulty streetlights on Narbal-Tangmarg road
  5. dr gora on Women Veterinarians and the Goal of Viksit Bharat

Contact Us

Flat No 7,Press Enclave, Srinagar, 190001
0194 2477887
9971795706
[email protected]
[email protected]

Quick Link

  • E-Paper
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Top Categories

Stay Connected

1.06MLike
262.5kFollow
InstagramFollow
234.3kSubscribe
WhatsAppFollow
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Follow US
© 2025. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?