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13th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare

October 14 , 2019 1628 days 858 0
  • Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the 13th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHWF) for 2019 in New Delhi.
  • Objective: To build a consensus on National Health priorities.
  • The conference was conducted on the 4 pillars of health care namely:
    • Universal Health Coverage (UHC),
    • Mission mode interventions,
    • Quality and accessible affordable healthcare services and
    • Adequate Infrastructure.
  • A new initiative called ‘Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN)’ for Zero Preventable Maternal and Newborn Deaths, its website and the grievance redressal portal were launched on the occasion.
  • He also released the following reports in the conference:
    • National Blindness and Visually Impaired Survey 2019 and
    • First report on the National Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Survey (2015-2019).

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