Communities in SPSR Nellore district rallied for prevention and early detection on World Cancer Day, with hospitals, officials, and CSR groups hosting rallies, sessions, and screenings to combat rising cancer cases in Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh will distribute free albendazole tablets to more than 1.11 crore children and adolescents on February 17 to fight intestinal worm infections that affect up to 34% in the state.
Andhra Pradesh's Health Minister announced 13 additional dialysis centres in secondary hospitals to boost kidney care access, with services starting soon in tribal areas and full rollout by April.
Andhra Pradesh has only nine government organ transplant centres, deemed highly inadequate by the High Court. A bench directed the state to explain the limited recognition and submit details by April.
Andhra Pradesh is rolling out a special action plan to further cut maternal and infant deaths, building on its below-national infant mortality rate of 19 per 1,000 live births.
