A two-day National Review Meeting on Disease Surveillance and Public Health Programmes concluded today in New Delhi. Organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the meeting brought together senior health leadership from all 36 States and Union Territories to review the implementation of key public health programmes, assess progress in disease surveillance, and deliberate on strategies to strengthen data-driven governance through a structured framework of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The meeting also focused on various programmes including National One Health Programme for Prevention and Control of Zoonoses, Disaster Management, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Pandemic Preparedness, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health.
The Ministry said that the Centre, States and Union Territories also agreed to undertake monthly performance reviews to assess progress against the defined KPIs, identify implementation gaps and facilitate timely corrective action.
