Azad: India projected to have 80 million diabetics by 2030
New Delhi | Friday, Nov 20 2009 IST
 

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said though the exact number of diabetics in India was not known, it is projected that India would have largest 80 million in the world by 2030. According to ICMR, WHO estimates suggest that there were 32 million diabetics in India in 2004, he said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

He said facilities for testing diabetes such as blood sugar are usually available at Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) but many people remain unaware that they could be at risk for diabetes and do not seek investigations or treatment. For this reason, the Government has launched a National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPDCS)on a Pilot basis in ten districts in ten States which among other things, seeks to facilitate early detection of this disease. This is in consonance with the internationally accepted strategy of opportunistic screening. An outlay of Rs 1660.50 crore has been allotted for NPDCS during 11th Five Year Plan which will cover the entire country eventually. The Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) which are a set of Public Health Standards for various health care delivery systems, interalia, recommend that oral drugs for diabetes as well as insulin should be made available at the CHCs and PHCs, he said.

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