Infections, signs, and indicators at your fingertips; BMC publishes an Educational Brochure

In collaboration with Sion Hospital's community medicine department, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will shortly release a pamphlet to raise awareness about communicable and non-communicable diseases. The pamphlet will include ward-specific information on the disease, viral, and lifestyle modification education and communication programmes. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also intends to collect ward-by-ward data on prevalent ailments to improve its healthcare infrastructure.

Suresh Kakani, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) additional Municipal Commissioner for Health, stated that the BMC aims to make the city healthy and that raising awareness is the most important step. "People should be aware of the indications and symptoms to check for in the event of a health problem." "All information will be disseminated via social media, which is where citizens go first," he stated.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) health initiatives, according to Dr. Gautam Bhansali, consultant physician at Bombay Hospital, will go a long way toward developing a stronger health policy for the city. "Finding out the prevalence of diseases through a survey will aid future health strategies." We witnessed how non-communicable diseases played a crucial role during the pandemic. Knowing the city's health status and equipping people with knowledge on how to deal with various diseases will contribute to a healthy Mumbai," he said.

According to Kakani, health has taken precedence during the pandemic. "We've learned that most of us can't tell the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases," he continued, "leading in treatment delays and health worsening." He explained that the goal is to reach out to a growing number of citizens through the booklet, for which the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked every ward official to form a team with experience in social media outreach.

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