India wins UN awards for initiative taken to Control Hypertension

India has won a United Nations (UN) award for its “India Hypertension Control Initiative. The initiative is a large-scale hypertension intervention under National Health Mission. At the UN General Assembly side event on September 21, 2022, the IHCI got the “2022 UN Interagency Task Force and WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award”. 

The IHCI has been recognized for its unique and extraordinary work within India’s existing primary healthcare system. The award appreciates the outstanding commitment and action of India to prevent and control Non-Communicable Diseases and provide integrated people-centric primary care.