| India is undergoing an epidemiological transition to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with NCDs contributing to nearly 60 percent of all deaths in India. NCDs are challenging to manage given their silent onset, low health awareness, significant informational asymmetry, and low health-seeking behavior among the rural population and the poor in India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, launched Ayushman Bharat to move from a sectoral and segmented approach of health service delivery to a more comprehensive one. As part of this effort, a program was launched for population-based screening (PBS) and management of five common NCDs-hypertension, diabetes, oral, breast, and cervical cancers. The success of the program, among other things, will be determined largely by the early detection, timely treatment, and diligent follow-ups to manage the five NCDs. In line with WHO's Global action plan for the prevention and con-
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