National Programme for The Prevention & Control of Deafness (NPPCD)

Benefit

• To prevent the avoidable hearing loss on account of disease or injury.
• Early identification, diagnosis and treatment of ear problems responsible for hearing loss and deafness.
• To medically rehabilitate persons of all age groups, suffering with deafness.
• To strengthen the existing inter-sectoral linkages for continuity of the rehabilitation programme, for persons with deafness.
• To develop institutional capacity for ear care services by providing support for equipment and material and training personnel.