Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday said that nine lakh health camps have been organised across the country under the ‘Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan’, screening more than 3.6 crore citizens for various non-communicable and communicable diseases.

Speaking at a media event in the national capital, Nadda said the campaign, launched on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday and running till Gandhi Jayanti, has seen large-scale participation.

“So far, 9,00,000 health camps have been held, each attended by specialists. Nearly 3.6 crore people have been screened, and I believe the number will cross 4 crore by October 2,” the minister stated.

At these nationwide camps, people were screened for hypertension, diabetes, breast cancer, cervical cancer, oral cancer, and anaemia. Servic

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