{"id":7269,"date":"2026-07-24T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.236.237.24\/?p=7269"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:48:29","slug":"nppcd-nhm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/nppcd-nhm\/","title":{"rendered":"National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7269\" class=\"elementor elementor-7269\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6639e0ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6639e0ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27111256 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"27111256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff64ce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ff64ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98193f6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98193f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h4 style=\"color: #734610; font-weight: 600;\">National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<style>\na{\ntext-decoration:none;color:black;}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1163 size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify:;\">The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) aims to reduce the burden of preventable hearing loss through early detection, timely treatment, and strengthening institutional capacity for ear and hearing care services. As per the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2023, the prevalence of hearing loss in India is 18.68%, while Tamil Nadu records a higher prevalence of 23.04%, indicating a greater burden of hearing loss in the State compared to the National average.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) aims to reduce the burden of preventable hearing loss through early detection, timely treatment, and strengthening institutional capacity for ear and hearing care services. As per the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2023, the prevalence of hearing loss in India is 18.68%, while Tamil Nadu records a higher prevalence of 23.04%, indicating a greater burden of hearing loss in the State compared to the National average.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhm-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}