Lok Sabha Question No. 1022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: High Blood Pressure Disease
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1022 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND NOVEMBER, 2019

## HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DISEASE

## 1022. SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

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

- (a) whether the disease of high blood pressure is spreading rapidly in the country and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether abovesaid disease is also spreading in the lower age group /younger people;
- (c) if so, whether the Government is considering to take concrete steps to check the same; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)  & (b): As  per  Global  burden  of  Disease  study,  age  standardized  prevalence  of  Hig Systolic  Blood  Pressure  increased  by  3.3%  during  1990  to  2016.  As  reported  by  ICMR,  t disease is also being seen in lower age groups.  Th e reported prevalence of hypertension among the younger age (18 - 25 years) is 12.1% in the year 2018.
- (c) & (d): Government of India is implementing a National Programme for Prevention and Control  of  Cancer,  Diabetes,  Cardiovascular  Diseases  and  Stroke  ( NPCDCS)  under  National health  Mission(NHM)  for  interventions  up  to  District  level.  The  Programme  focuses awareness  generation  for  behavior  and  life - style  changes,  screening  and  early  diagnosis  of persons  with  high  level  of  risk  factors  and  their  referra l  to  higher  facilities  for  appropriate management of non - communicable diseases (NCDs)  including hypertension. Under the programme, 599 NCD Clinics at District level and 3274 NCD Clinics at CHC level have been s up.

For  early  diagnosis,  Population - based initiative  for  prevention,  control,  screening  and management of common Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as Diabetes, Hypertension and common Cancers viz. Oral, Breast and Cervical Cancer has been rolled out in 219 dis by utilizing the services o f the frontline health workers under existing primary healthcare syst This  will  generate  awareness  at  ground  level  about  risk  factors  and  early  detecti Hypertension.  Screening for common NCDs is also an integral part of service delivery Ayu shman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY).

Further, in collaboration with the Ministry of AYUSH, an initiative to use the know available  in  AYUSH  system  of  medicines  for  prevention  and  control  of  Non - communicable Diseases is being implem ented in 6 districts on pilot basis.

'India  Hypertension  Control  Initiative'  (IHCI)  a  collaborative  project  between  Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, State Government and  World  Health  Organization( WHO)    aims  to  reduce  disability  and  death  related  to cardiovascular disease by improving the control  of hypertension.  Phase -I of the project covers 25  districts  of  five  States -Punjab,  Kerala,  MP,  Telangana  and  Maharashtra.    Phase -II  for scaling up of t he project to 100 districts has been initiated this year.