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The state of Kerela is set to open 54 primary health centres (PHCs) with the launch of the national urban health mission (NUHM) scheduled for January end. Five corporations and 11 municipalities will be covered in the initial phase of NUHM. The health centres are expected to benefit the migrant population of labourers, street vendors, BPL families, etc, who live in urban areas and have to go to taluk or general hospitals for medical help. The nation-level launch of NUHM will be on January 20 and the state mission will be after that. "We are planning to have a PHC covering an urban population of 50,000. The focus is on slum dwellers, mostly the migrant population," said Dr K V Beena, regional manager, NRHM, Ernakulam. The two missions are also expected to monitor any disease outbreak that would pose an epidemic threat. They would help in data collection.
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migrant population, migrant workers, Below Poverty Line (BPL), National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Primary Health Centre (PHC), Kerala
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