Health fair will be held in all blocks of Jharkhand | 29 Aug 2023

Why in News?

According to the information received from the media on August 28, 2023, the Health Department of Jharkhand will organize a health fair in all 263 blocks of the state. It will be organized from September 14 to 18 keeping in mind the socio-cultural system, disease spread of that area.

Key Points:

• The state nodal officer of the National Health Mission said that health services will be provided on a large scale in the fair, especially for the tribal areas.
• This program will be done under Ayushman Bharat, Health and Wellness Centre, Pradhan Mantri Jan-Arogya Yojana program. For this, an amount of one lakh has been approved for each block.
• During this, doctors as well as trained medical staff will check the health of the people and treat them. Treatment facilities related to Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy will also be available in the fair under AYUSH.
• General medicine, child health, kangaroo mother care, vaccination, family planning, ENT check-up, bad effects of smoking, cancer control, TB, malaria check-up and information will be given in the health fair. Also, many diseases will be screened and oral health check-up will be done.
• People will be made digital health IDs including Ayushman cards by setting up stalls in the fair. It includes all types of health activities like check-up, treatment and distribution of free medicine.
• In this, apart from mother-child health programs, information will be given about the prevention and health awareness of communicable & non-communicable diseases.