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Health Ministry and WHO Launch Month-Long Delhi Metro Drive for Women’s Health

The outreach spans trains, stations, and WHO channels to deliver messages on safety, mental health, digital inclusion, PC-PNDT compliance, and TB in a city with a high case load.

Overview

  • Running December 10 to January 10, the campaign places messages inside coaches, on train exteriors, and at select Delhi Metro stations to reach millions of commuters.
  • Core themes include women’s safety, mental health support, bridging the digital divide, awareness and enforcement of the PC-PNDT Act, and tuberculosis prevention.
  • Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava stressed broad public sensitisation, warning against misuse of new technologies for prenatal sex determination.
  • Delhi’s TB burden underpins the focus on detection and prevention, with over 98,309 cases recorded from January to October 2025 according to the Ni-kshay portal.
  • WHO’s Catharina Boehme endorsed the effort under the banner “Healthy Women = Healthy Nations” and #BecozSheMatters, with launch events featuring an inaugural ride and an all-women band performance.