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A screening programme successful Telangana has brought to airy the standard of a soundless epidemic, with lakhs surviving with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) often without noticeable symptoms until complications arise. The programme has revealed that 26.90 lakh radical were diagnosed with hypertension and 14 lakh with diabetes, underscoring the hidden load of these conditions, according to the Telangana Socio Economic Outlook 2026.
Three rounds of the screening, conducted annually among individuals aged 30 years and above, were completed up to March 2025. In the 3rd circular held during 2024-25, a full of 1.37 crore radical were screened for hypertension and diabetes. All individuals diagnosed with these conditions were enrolled for attraction nether the State’s nationalist wellness system, the study noted.
The inaugural forms a cardinal constituent of Telangana’s strategy to code the increasing load of NCDs done aboriginal detection and continuous management. Screening and follow-up services are being delivered done NCD clinics and the superior healthcare web crossed the State.
The Outlook further notes that Telangana has outlined a roadmap to treble its wellness expenditure to 8% of its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) arsenic portion of its extremity to go a $3 trillion system by 2047, portion strengthening preventive, promotive and rehabilitative healthcare systems.
MMR and IMR rates successful Telangana
The State has already recorded improvements successful cardinal wellness indicators, peculiarly successful maternal and kid health. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) stands astatine 43 per 1,00,000 unrecorded births, little than the nationalist mean of 88. The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is 18 and the Under-5 Mortality Rate is 22 per 1,000 unrecorded births, some amended than nationalist averages of 25 and 29 respectively. Telangana has acceptable targets to trim MMR to beneath 6 and IMR to beneath 7 by 2047. The State has achieved an organization transportation complaint of 99.9%, with astir 50% of deliveries taking spot successful authorities facilities.
Additional beds astatine govt hospitals
A full of ₹9,339 crore is being invested to found 3 1,000-bed Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) institutions arsenic centres of excellence successful cardiac and transplant sciences, neurosciences, and gastro sciences. In addition, the Warangal Health City volition location a 2,000-bed ace speciality hospital, portion enlargement works astatine the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) with an concern of ₹1,600 crore and the operation of a caller Osmania General Hospital (OGH) astatine Goshamahal successful Hyderabad are underway.
To fortify maternal care, 347 caregiver practitioners successful midwifery were trained and deployed crossed 73 high-load facilities. The State has installed 234 TIFFA scan machines, benefiting 60,380 large women betwixt April and December 2025.
Supplementary nutrition for children
On the nutrition front, 12.42 lakh children person supplementary nutrition each month, portion 15.38 lakh children nether 5 are monitored for growth. Telangana has reported amended outcomes than the nationalist mean successful stunting, astatine 33.1% compared to 35.5%, and underweight prevalence astatine 31.8% compared to 32.1%, on with higher exclusive breastfeeding rates astatine 68.2%.
