The Health Ministry has released a guidance document for childhood diabetes, creating India’s first standardized national framework covering screening, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management. The move integrates childhood diabetes care into the public health system and places India among a limited set of countries that have already built such structured pathways for better outcomes and continuity of care.
As cancer diagnoses rise across India, particularly among younger people, one small state has rolled out a distinct care model aimed at earlier screening and faster treatment. The approach focuses on timely therapeutic intervention to improve outcomes, including better disease-free survival. The initiative highlights how organized cancer management can change the trajectory for patients facing an aggressive disease curve.
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In Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Project Dhadkan—a free heart screening initiative—has identified over 100 children with congenital heart defects. Sixteen have already undergone surgery, and more procedures are planned. Experts warn many such conditions go undetected at birth, making early screening and treatment vital for children to lead normal lives.
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