New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- New Delhi: India is set to introduce mandatory courses on preventive healthcare, including obesity, cancer, women's and child healthcare, and other lifestyle diseases, for all medical postgraduates amid the rising burden of such conditions, according to the head of the country's top medical education regulator.

"We are committed to promoting preventive healthcare through dedicated courses," Dr. Abhijat Sheth, newly elected chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC), told Mint during the interview. "We are in the process of introducing postgraduate courses on preventive healthcare, focusing on areas like cancer prevention (including cervical cancer), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), women's health, and communi...