India, Oct. 12 -- image credit- pib

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda has laid the foundation stone of 'ICMR's High Altitude Medical and Public Health Research Centre' (ICMR-CHAMP) at Keylong, Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.

The Centre is being established by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Its main objective is to strengthen multidisciplinary research, innovation, and capacity building focused on high-altitude and climate-sensitive regions of India.

The Himalayan ecosystem poses specific public health challenges due to extreme altitudes, extreme climatic conditions, difficult t...