Lok Sabha Question No. 4879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Action Plan for Life Style Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4879 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## ACTIO N PLAN FOR LIFE STYL E DISEASES

## 4879. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any action plan to check the spread of seriou style diseases such as Cancer, AIDS, hepatitis etc. through identification of specific loc ions;
- (b) if so, the State - wise details of locations identified by the Government; and
- (c) if not, the other schemes formulated by the Government to curb such diseases?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a)  to  (c): While  Health  is  a  State  subject,  Government  of  India  is  implementing comprehensive National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). The objectives of NPCDCS, being implemented under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM)  for  interventions  upto  the  district  level  inc awareness  generation  for  Cancer prevention,  screening,  early  detection  and  referral  to  a appropriate level institution for treatment.  The focus of the programme is on Breast, and Oral Cancer.

Operational  guidelines  have  been  released  for  prevention,  control  and  screenin D iabetes,  Hypertension  and  common  Cancer  (Cervix,  Breast  and  Oral)  to  the  States implementation.  The  screening  includes  screening  for  risk  factors  of  these  diseases screening will also generate awareness on risk factors of these diseases. Suspecte d c are to b referred  for  confirmatory  diagnosis  by  various  tests  including  histo - pathological  biopsy. Electronic and Print media is utilized for health awareness for cancer.

The Government of India is also implementing Tertiary Care for Cancer sch eme in the country under which State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) being set up in different parts of the country. The SCI and TCCC shall mentor all Cancer activities including research, treatment & awareness g eneration inter alia. The list of institutes identified for assistance as SCI/TCCC under the said scheme is at Annexure .

Contd…….

AIDS is a communicable disease and not a life style disease, which spreads throu virus (HIV) in certain body flui ds that attack the body's immune system. If left untreated, the virus may severely reduce the immune capacity of infected person and ultimately impede capacity of body to fight infections and some other disease. The stage of disease when body's immune system is severely impacted and it gets susceptible to all infections is calle (Acquired  Immune  Deficiency  Syndrome).  National  AIDS  Control  Organization  (NACO)  is currently implementing  the fourth phase of National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and aims to accelerate the process of reversal and further strengthen the epidemic response through a cautious and well defined integration process.

Hepatitis B vaccination is included under the Universal Immunization Programme (UI of the Government of India. Screening of blood reduces the risk of transmission of Hepatit and C by blood transfusion. Therefore, blood banks mandatorily screen for Hepatitis B and per Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules thereunder.

A National Programme on Survei llance of Viral Hepatitis under the 12 th Five Year Plan has been launched by the Government. National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi h been entrusted the responsibility for coordinating various activities under this programme

NCDC  also  provides  technical  guidance  to  State  Governments,  laboratory  support  f outbreak investigations and etiological diagnosis besides conducting regular training cou development of trained manpower. Funds are released to States/UTs under Int egrated Disease Surveillance  Programme  (IDSP)  to  strengthen  surveillance  and  to  detect  and  respond outbreaks of epidemic - prone diseases.

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## for Preventio (NPCDCS)

## Annexure

List of TCCC and SCI under Tertiary Care Centre (TCC) scheme of National Programme n and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke

|   Sl. No. | States/UTs        | Tertiary Care Cancer Centre (TCCC)                                                                             | State Cancer Institute (SCI)                                                                   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | ACSR Government Medical College, Nellore                                                                       | Government Medical College, Kurnool                                                            |
|         2 | Assam             | Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh                                                                               | Dr Bhubaneswar Barooah Cancer Institute (RCC), Guwahati                                        |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh | Government Hospital, Naharlagun                                                                                | NIL                                                                                            |
|         4 | Andman & Nicobar  | District Hospital Port Blair, A&N Islands                                                                      | NIL                                                                                            |
|         5 | Bihar             | 1. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college, Bhagalpur 2. Dharbhanga Medical College, Dharbhanga                       | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RCC), Patna                                       |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh      | Central Hospital, SECL, Manendragarh, District Koriya                                                          | Chhattisgarh Institute o f Medical Sciences, Bilaspur                                          |
|         7 | Delhi             | Lok Nayak Hospital (Maulana Azad Medical College)                                                              | NIL                                                                                            |
|         8 | Gujarat           | 1. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot 2. Government Medical College and SSG Hospital, Vadodara | Gujarat Cancer Research Institute Ahmedabad                                                    |
|         9 | Goa               | Goa Medical College, Panaji, Goa.                                                                              | NIL                                                                                            |
|        10 | Haryana           | 1. Civil Hospital, Ambala 2. District Hospital Narnaul, Mahendragarh                                           | District NIL                                                                                   |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh  | 1. Indira Gandhi Medical College (RCC) Shimla 2. Regional Hospital, Mandi                                      | NIL                                                                                            |
|        12 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1. District Hospital, Kupwara 2. District Hospital, Kishtwar 3. District Hospital, Udhampur                    | 1. Government Medical College Jammu 2. Sher -I - Kashmir Institute of Sciences (RCC), Srinagar |
|        13 | Jharkhand         | Mahatma Gandhi MemorialMedical College , Jamshedpur                                                            | Rajendra Institute of Medical Ranchi                                                           |
|        14 | Karnataka         | 1. Govt. Medical College, Mandya 2. Govt. Medical College, Gulbarga                                            | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology(RCC), Bangaluru                                          |
|        15 | Kerala            | Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode                                                                               | Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum                                                             |
|        16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 1. G.R.Medical College, Gwalior 2. District Hospital, Vidisha                                                  | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medica l College, Jabalpur                                          |

| 17    | Maharashtra   | 1. RST Regional Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Nagpur 2. District Hospital , Karad                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Government Medical College, Aurangabad          |
|-------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 18    | Manipur       | Regional Institute Of Medical Sciences (RIMS) , Imphal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | NIL                                             |
| 19    | Meghalaya     | North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical ( NEIGRIMS), Shilong                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Sciences NIL                                    |
| 20    | Nagaland      | District Hospital, Kohima                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | NIL                                             |
| 21    | Mizoram       | Civil Hospital Aizawl                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | NIL                                             |
| 22    | Odisha        | 1. Burla Medical College (Dist. Sambalpur) 2. M.K.C.G. Medical College Hospital, Berhampur 3. District Hospital, Bhawanipatna, District Kalahandi                                                                                                                                                  | Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack                 |
| 23    | Punjab        | 1. District Hospital, 2. District Hospital, Fazilka                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Hoshiarpur Government Medical College, Amritsar |
| 24    | Rajasthan     | 1. S. P. Medical College, Bikaner 2. Govt. Medical College/District Hospital, Jhalawar                                                                                                                                                                                                             | SMS Medical Sciences, Jaipur                    |
| 25    | Sikkim        | District Hospital, Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | NIL                                             |
| 26    | Tamil Nadu    | KAP Vishwanathan Govt Medical CollegeTrichirapalli                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Cancer Institute (RCC) Adyar,                   |
| 27    | Telangana     | NIL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | M.N.J. Institute of Oncology (RCC), Hyderabad   |
| 28    | Tripura       | NIL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Cancer Hospital(RCC), Agartala                  |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh | 1. Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 2. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU, Aligarh 3. Institute of Medical Sciences Varanasi 4. Govt. Medical College, Jhansi 5. District Hospital/Govt. Medical College, Muradabad 6. District Hospital Amethi 7. District Hospital, Unnao | (BHU) Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital Allahabad   |
| 30    | Uttarakhand   | Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Government Medical College, Haldwani            |
| 31    | West Bengal   | 1. Govt. Medical College, Burdwan 2. Murshidabad Medical College & Hospitals, Murshidabad 3. Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata                                                                                                                                           | NIL                                             |
| Total | Total         | 50                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 20                                              |