Meeting national targets to reduce air pollution can lower disease prevalence in women: Experts

NEW DELHI: (Oct 1) Meeting national targets of cutting PM2.5 pollution by 30 per cent can help bring down prevalence of diseases such as hypertension, COPD and anaemia from the current nearly five per cent to three per cent among women of reproductive age.

Researchers and experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Climate Trends, a research-based consulting and capacity building initiative in Delhi, have developed a ‘Health Benefit Assessment Dashboard’ based on data gathered via the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5).

Launched in 2019, the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) is aimed at improving air quality by reducing particulate matter (PM) levels by 20-30 per cent by 2024-25, keeping 2017 as baseline.

Source: PTI News

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