Lok Sabha Question No. 120 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Lifestyle Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 120 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 TH DECEMBER, 2017 LIFESTYLE DISEASES

## *120. DR. P. VENUGOPAL: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether as per the India State - Level Disease Burden Initiative Report, lifestyle diseases  like  heart  and  chronic  respiratory  diseases  kill  more  people communicable diseases like tuberculosis or diarrhoea in every State in the countr
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  number  of  child  and  maternal  malnutrition  cases  has  dro substantially in the country since 1990 but the same was still the single la factor responsible for 15 per cent of the total diseases burden in the co 2016;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to address the issue?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a)to ( e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 120* FOR 22 TH DECEMBER, 2017

(a)& (b) :Yes.

As per a report on 'India: Health of Nation's State The India State Level Disease  Burden  Initiative'  recently  published  by Indian  Council  of  Medical Research (ICMR) , 61.8% of all deaths were due to Non - Communicable Diseases (NCDs) while Communicable Dise ases like tuberculosis, diarrhoea, etc. accounts for 27.5% of all deaths in India.

(c) & (d): Yes.

ICMR  has  informed  that  as  per the  India  State  Level  Disease  Burden Initiative Report, the proportion of all deaths due to malnutrition is redu 35.5% in  1990  to  14.6%  in  2016,  but  it  still  is  the  single  largest  ris responsible for total disease burden in India.

(e): To  support  the  State  Government's  efforts , the Government  of  India  is implementing  National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control of  Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) for interventions up District level under the National Health Mission (NHM) .

For  early  diagnosis, population  level  initiative  of  prevention,  control  a screening of common NCDs(d iabetes ,hypertension and cancers viz. o ral, breast and  c ervical cancer ) has  been  rolled  out  in  over  100  districts  of  the  countr 2017- 18.

Under strengthening of Tertiary Care for Cancer Centre (TCCC) Scheme, Government of India is assisting States to set up / establish State Cancer (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs) in different parts of the country. These SCIs and TCCs will mentor all cancer related activities.

The Central Government through its hospitals ,augments the efforts of the State Governments for providing health services in the country.  Under Pra Mantri Swa sth ya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), 6 new AIIMS have been set up and upgradation  of  identified  medical  colleges  has  been  undertaken  which  will improvetertiary care facilities.

For nutritional interventions, Government of India has taken several steps to improve the health and nutritional status of vulnerable population of the count These include: -

- i) Reproductive  and  Child  Health  (RCH)  Programme under NHM aims to improve  the  health of  mother and children including intervention on nutritional issues.
2. ii) Mothers A bsolute Affection (MAA) initiative has been launched in August, 2016  for  capacity  building  of  health  personnel  for  lactation  suppor promotion of breast feeding.
3. iii)Programme s such asPradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritiva Abhiyan (PMSMA)  and  Janani  Suraksh a  Yojna  (JSY)  /  Janani  Shishu  Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) provide antenatal care to pregnant women and promote institutional deliveries respectively.
4. iv) Nutrition  Education  to  increase  the  awareness  and to bring  about  desired changes in the dietary practices in cluding the promotion of breast feeding and  dietary  diversification  is  encouraged  under  both  Integrated  C Development Services Scheme (ICDS) of M/o Women and Child Development and National Health Mission (NHM) under M inistry of H ealth and FamilyW elfar e.
- v) National  Iodine  Deficiency  Disorders  Control  Programme  (NIDDCP) promotesconsumption of adequately Iodated salt (> 15 ppm Iodine content at household level.