Lok Sabha Question No. 4130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4130 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## NATIONAL VIRAL HEPATITIS CONTROL PROGRAMME

## 4130.    SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

Will the MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be placed to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the  National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme was launched in 2018;
- (b) whether it aims to end viral hepatitis by 2030 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to control and treat viral hepatitis in the country, particularly in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) the funds allocated in this regard, particularly for Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (c): The  National  Viral  Hepatitis  Control  Program  (NVHCP)  was  launched  by Government of India in 2018. It is an integrated initiative for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis  in  India,  which  aims  to  combat  hepatitis  and  achieve  countrywide  elimination  of hepatitis C by 2030.

The  key  strategies  adopted  under  the  program  include  preventive,  promotive  and  curative interventions  focussing  on  awareness  generation,  increasing  access,  promoting  diagnosis  and providing  treatment  for  viral  hepatitis  through  designated  treatment  facilities  free  of  cost. Hepatitis B vaccine is also provided to the health care workers under the program.

In the State of Andhra Pradesh, there are three Model Treatment Centres located at Government General  Hospital,  Guntur;  King  George  Hospital,  Visakhapatnam  and  Sri  Venkateswara Ramnarayan Ruia Government General Hospital, Tirupati.

(d):  The details of central release to States/UTs, including to Andhra Pradesh, for the program is annexed .

## Central Release  to National Viral Hepatitis Control Progamme (NVHCP) under National Health Mission

(Rs. in crore)

|   S.No. | States/UTs                         | 2019-20   |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 0.14      |      0.08 |      0.01 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 0.72      |      2    |      2.93 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 0.57      |      0.02 |      1.64 |
|       4 | Assam                              | 0.28      |      0.61 |      1.12 |
|       5 | Bihar                              | 0.97      |      1.11 |      3.18 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                         | 0.11      |      0.11 |      0.45 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                       | 2.15      |      5.96 |      4.02 |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 0.32      |      0.23 |      0.04 |
|       9 | Delhi                              | 0.94      |      2.82 |      4.54 |
|      10 | Goa                                | 0.34      |      0.42 |      0.18 |
|      11 | Gujarat                            | 2.09      |      6.58 |      5.62 |
|      12 | Haryana                            | 7.90      |      4.88 |      5.71 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 0.53      |      1.51 |      1.17 |
|      14 | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 0.78      |      1.35 |      1.73 |
|      15 | Jharkhand                          | 1.94      |      1.06 |      2.93 |
|      16 | Karnataka                          | 1.30      |      2.53 |      4.38 |
|      17 | Kerala                             | 0.69      |      0.66 |      0.88 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep                        | 0.08      |      0.09 |      0.5  |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 0.89      |      4.26 |      2.75 |
|      20 | Maharashtra                        | 1.74      |      4.23 |      6.38 |
|      21 | Manipur                            | 0.94      |      0.85 |      0.63 |
|      22 | Meghalaya                          | 0.69      |      0.31 |      0.95 |
|      23 | Mizoram                            | 0.63      |      0.5  |      0.69 |
|      24 | Nagaland                           | 0.91      |      0.35 |      0.24 |
|      25 | Orissa                             | 0.30      |      3.17 |      0.44 |
|      26 | Puducherry                         | 0.20      |      0.2  |      0.23 |
|      27 | Punjab                             | 14.75     |      8.22 |      9.93 |
|      28 | Rajasthan                          | 2.00      |      4.47 |      2.97 |
|      29 | Sikkim                             | 0.29      |      0.3  |      0.1  |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu                         | 0.35      |      2.46 |      1.58 |
|      31 | Tripura                            | 0.31      |      0.37 |      0.39 |
|      32 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 2.12      |      9.58 |     11.97 |
|      33 | Uttarakhand                        | 1.02      |      2.17 |      0.79 |
|      34 | West Bengal                        | 2.87      |      6.81 |      4.69 |
|      35 | Telangana                          | 1.01      |      2.71 |      4.52 |
|      36 | Ladakh                             | -         |      0.24 |      0.04 |

## Note:

1. The above releases relate to Central Govt. Grants & do not include State share contribution.
2. The above information comprises of cash and commodity support provided to States/UTs.
3.  After  the  reorganisation  of  the  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  (J&K)  into  the  Union  Territory  of  J&K  and  Union Territory of Ladakh, NHM funds to the UT of Ladakh were disbursed for the first time during 2020-21.