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- Tamil Nadu Health Minister K.G.
- Arunraj announced a set of women and child health initiatives in the Legislative Assembly.
- These include a first-of-its-kind Peri-Menopausal Care Policy with weekly camps at primary health centres, Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure monitors for about 10,000 pregnant women in 14 districts, and free year-round insulin for children under 18 with type 1 diabetes at a cost of ₹9.94 crore.
- The state will also screen newborns for seven rare genetic diseases, test around 16.5 lakh school students for anaemia, launch autism early detection and childhood obesity prevention programmes, and set up Neo Genesis Units for extremely low birth weight babies.
- The announcements signal a focus on maternal, newborn and adolescent health across government facilities in the state.
What to watch next
- Rollout of the BP monitoring programme in the first 14 districts and any expansion beyond 10,000 women
- Implementation details and timeline for the Peri-Menopausal Care Policy camps at PHCs
- Progress of newborn genetic disease screening across the 4.5 lakh babies in government hospitals
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