Bhubaneswar, July 18 -- union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel on Saturday urged healthcare professionals to place equal emphasis on prevention and early detection of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), stressing that the growing burden of lifestyle-related illnesses requires a decisive shift from a treatment-centric approach to preventive healthcare.
Addressing the sixth Convocation of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Patel said India has made remarkable progress in preventive healthcare through the world's largest population-based screening programme. Under the initiative, every individual aged 30 years and above is being screened for five major health conditions-diabetes, hypertension, oral cancer, breast cancer and cervic...