A health revolution brews in Telangana with plans to assess 4.6 million self-help group women starting March 8. Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha’s orders blend this into the grand 99-day ‘Praja Palana-Pragati Pranali’, unfolding March 6 through June 12 across four phases.
Wednesday’s review session approved the blueprint. Phase one’s 26 days sharpen focus on moms, kids, teens, seniors; fix hospital ops, pending cases, inventories; screen school/anganwadi kids for anemia.
Women’s Day ignites the core program: 30 tests per woman via Telangana Diagnostics, in phased mandal expansions per district—5, then 10, then rest—eyes on six-month finish.
April 1-15: Sub-center mega-camps hunt NCDs like BP, diabetes, cancer; map chemo at day-care centers; test dialysis folks for viruses.
April 16-May 15: Infection curbs, TB drives for TB-free goal, summer alerts on strokes, dengue, malaria with drug stockpiles.
May 16-June 12: Urban leap—145 PHCs to polyclinics in GHMC zones; slum mobile camps for needy; food adulteration awareness fairs.
This sweeping campaign promises not just data, but actionable health upliftment, fortifying Telangana’s public health armor for years ahead.