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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Tele-Manas initiative is associated with which health service?
A
Child Health
B
Mental Health
C
Communicable disease
D
Women Health
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tele-MANAS aims to provide free tele-mental health services all over the country round the clock, particularly catering to people in remote or under-served areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The study stated that the vision of tele-MANAS involves linking these new tele-mental health centres with the existing network of locally available mental health resources at nearby centres of excellence, medical colleges, district hospitals, and other mental health services run by the central and/or state governments.

Detailed explanation-3: -The District Mental Health Program (DMHP) was launched under NMHP in the year 1996 (in IX Five Year Plan). The DMHP was based on ‘Bellary Model’ with the following components: Early detection & treatment.

Detailed explanation-4: -The initiative was launched virtually by Thawar Chand Gehlot, Governor of Karnataka at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, in the presence of K. Sudhakar, Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Medical Education, Karnataka and Vice-President, NIMHANS.

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