Kathmandu, May 9 -- The Ministry of Health and Population plans to carry out screening for non-communicable diseases at all 753 local units across the country from the fiscal year 2025-26, in a bid to make people aware of the growing burden of such diseases.

For that, officials have proposed allocating a budget to all local units and districts.

"We have proposed to allocate a nominal budget to all districts and local units to carry out screening of non-communicable diseases," said Dr Pomawati Thapa, chief of the Non-communicable Disease and Mental Health Section at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division. "We hope that provincial governments and local units will also contribute to the budget."

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