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November 2023 | Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh

A visitor to a haat bazaar (rural market) in the Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh gets screened for diabetes under India’s comprehensive primary health care services. The country aims to put 75 million people on standard care for diabetes and hypertension by 2025. Diabetes and hypertension are a leading risk factors for #noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, kidney failure, and stroke, among others. #WorldDiabetesDay. (Photo: Rajiv Solanki / © WHO India)

September 2023 | Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Following a lab-confirmed measles outbreak, women bring young children to get vaccinated at a special IMI 5.0 session conducted in the hard-to-reach Laru village in the Bhoirymbong block of Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya. Laru is inaccessible on rainy days and can only be reached by walking for over an hour on hilly terrain. WHO National Public Health Support Network is assisting the district administration in ensuring all eligible children receive age-appropriate vaccines. (Photo: Pradeep Modak / © WHO India)

September 2023 | Kamjong, Manipur

An auxiliary nurse midwife monitors the blood pressure of a patient at Primary Health Centre Phungyar in the Kamjong district of Manipur. India aims to put 75 million people on standard care for hypertension and diabetes under India Hypertension Control Initiative by 2025. Uncontrolled blood pressure is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, which are responsible for one-third of all deaths in India. (Photo: Sanchita Sharma / © WHO India)

August 2023 | Tonk, Rajasthan

WHO National Public Health Support Network (NPSN) officers supported house-to-house monitoring of the vaccination status of children during Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI 5.0) in Bairwa Basti, Jhilai, Block Niwai in Tonk district of Rajasthan. (Photo: Khushal Goyar / © WHO India)

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