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India’s Health Heroes Are Helping Everyone! 🌟

The World Health Organization says India is getting healthier. 😊

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Key Points

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World Health Organization chief praised India's health progress.

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Hospital births rose from 78% to 93%.

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Vaccinations for children have increased.

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Accredited Social Health Activist workers support mothers and kids.

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Ayushman Arogya health centers offer screening for blood pressure, diabetes, and cancers.

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Summary

Moms and babies are getting more check‑ups and medicines.

Community helpers called Accredited Social Health Activist visit homes.

Health centers bring blood‑pressure and sugar checks close to neighborhoods.

More babies are born in hospitals now.

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New Words to Learn

14 words
World Health Organization
The big group of doctors that helps countries stay healthy
maternal
relating to mothers
noncommunicable diseases
illnesses like heart problems or diabetes that do not spread from person to person
screening
checking people to see if they might have a disease
hypertension
high blood pressure
diabetes
a condition where the body has trouble using sugar
cancers
serious illnesses where cells grow out of control
immunisation
getting shots that protect you from diseases
institutional deliveries
babies being born in hospitals or clinics
mortality
death
tuberculosis
a lung disease that can make people cough a lot
regulation
rules that keep medicines safe
traditional medicine
old ways of treating sickness that have been used for many years
Accredited Social Health Activist
community health helpers who visit families
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