National Health Programmes In India:

S.No.- National Health Programmes-Year of Beginning-Objective/Description

1-National Cancer Control Programme- 1975- Primary prevention of cancers by health education regardinghazards of tobacco consumption and necessity of genital hygiene for prevention of cervical cancer, etc.
2-National Program of Health Care for the Elderly (NPHCE)-2010 -To provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to the elderly persons at various level of health care delivery system of the country, etc.
3-National Program for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD)-To prevent the avoidable hearing loss on account of disease or injury, etc.
4-District Mental Health Program (NMHP)-1982-To ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental health care for all in the foreseeable future, particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of population.
5-National Cancer Registry Programme-1982-To provide true information on cancer prevalence and incidence.
6-National Tobacco Control Program-2007-Preventing the initiation of smoking among young people, educating, motivating and assisting smokers to quit smoking, etc.
7-National Leprosy Eradication Program started in 1955, launched in 1983To arrest the disease activity in all the known cases of leprosy.
8-Universal Immunization Program (UIP)-1985-To achieve self-sufficiency in vaccine production and the manufacture of cold-chain equipment for storage purpose, etc.