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31 January 2011

20 million Indians to be screened for diabetes, cancer

(Source: Indo Asian News Asian, 31 January 2011)
More than 20 million Indians across 100 remote and inaccessible districts and in 33 cities with more than a million population will be screened for diabetes and cancer, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Saturday. 'In all, more than 20 crore (20 million) people would be screened in the next 14 months. This is going to be the largest-ever exercise undertaken in the world so far,' Azad announced at an interaction at the Jammu Press Club. Read more

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