Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Program:
- The central government is implementing a “Strengthening of Tertiary Care Cancer facilities” Scheme under NPCDCS to assist states in establishing State Cancer Institutes (SCI)
- And Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) in different parts of the country
- NPCDCS is being implemented under NHM for interventions up to district level
- The objectives of NPCDCS include awareness generation for cancer prevention, screening, early detection and referral to an appropriate level institution for treatment
- The focus is on three types of cancer namely breast, cervical and oral cancer