Syllabus Section: Polity and Governance/ Government Schemes & Initiatives.

 

WHY IN NEWS?

The Himachal Pradesh government has launched “Him Suraksha Abhiyan” to sensitize the people regarding Covid-19 pandemic and the campaign also intends to collect the  information regarding symptoms of diseases like TB, Leprosy, sugar and blood pressure by door to door campaign throughout the State.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• The campaign is being launched from 25th November and will continue till coming 27th December, across the State.

• Under the campaign not only symptomatic patients with probable Covid-19 would be detected but patients with other ailments would also be listed.

• Under this Abhiyan about 8000 teams comprising of Health, Ayurveda, Women and Child Development, Panchayat Raj Departments, District Administration and NGOs would be involved in this campaign.

• It would ensure door to door data collection of health parameters of the people.

 

Source: The News on All India Radio (AIR)

 

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