Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam Scheme

  • August 18, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam Scheme

Subject – Government Schemes

Context – Doorstep health­care delivery can mitigate the effects of disruption caused by pandemics

Concept –

  • In Tamil Nadu, ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam’ scheme is a community­ based intervention to tackle and treat NCDs and to address the crucial issues of prevention and early detection.
  • It involves a tentative budget in excess of ₹250 crore.
  • It includes population-based screening for the 18­plus population for 10 common conditions –hypertension, diabetes, oral, cervical and breast cancers, TB, leprosy, chronic kidney disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, mental health and the delivery of hypertension / diabetes drugs to patients aged 45­plus besides to those with restricted or poor mobility.
  • The State, which has a high burden of NCDs, also acted on data that indicated very low community control rates for hypertension (7.3%) and diabetes (10.8%) among patients.
Government Schemes Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam Scheme