Policy for
Tackling Major Diseases
The Department of Health
and Family Welfare is implementing various National programmes on All India
basis in relation to a number of diseases including Communicable diseases such
as tuberculosis, malaria, dengue, chickengunya, lymphatic filariasis, Japanese
Encephalitis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, HIV-AIDS and non-communicable diseases
such as cancer, diabetes, cardio vascular diseases, stroke, deafness, blindness,
mental illness, etc. The Government also implements a National Programme for
universal immunization against many vaccine preventable diseases. The activities
up to the district level under the disease control programmes are being
implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM) which also provides funds
for strengthening health systems and infrastructure in the States. An Integrated
Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is also implemented with the objective of
early detection and response to various disease outbreaks. For each programme,
necessary budget is allocated and made available subject to inter-se priorities
and availability of funds
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