Events

IHCI was launched in November 2017. Since then there have been many key moments in the program as it scales across the India.

2022

Month	Event
Aug	EVENT: REGIONAL REVIEW + TRAINING MEETING Regional review cum training meeting with #IHCI “India Hypertension Control Initiative” field teams from UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha at Varanasi
July	EVENT : STS REVIEW + TRAINING MEETING IHCI STS Review Cum Training South Region 04 - 09 July 2022 at ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology - Chennai
May	EVENT : FIELD TEAM MEETING Meeting field team of public health specialists of India hypertension Control Initiative #IHCI first time since #COVID19; supporting states and districts in strengthening of hypertension management and control in 100+ districts
May	EVENT Sec-DHR & DG-ICMR Prof Dr Balram Bhargava, WHO-India, and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare officials released the "India Hypertension Control Initiative" 2021 Progress Report. The report shares the best practices to scale hypertension treatment in primary care in India. Read the IHCI Progress Report

IHCI Regional review cum training meeting, Varanasi (Aug 29 - Sep 2, 2022)

IHCI STS Review Cum Training South Region (July 04-09, 2022)

IHCI Core national team and field level Cardiovascular health officers meeting, Pune (May 11-14, 2022)

2021

Month	Event
Jun	EVENT IHCI ran an event called #KNOWYOURNUMBER to encourage people to be screened for high blood pressure. Please see photos below from North Goa District Hospital from June 2021.
Apr	LAUNCH: GOA Goa launched IHCI program on April 7, 2021.

Screened healthcare workers at North Goa District Hospital who participated in the #knowyournumber campaign.

2020

Month	Event
Dec	LAUNCH: UP 28th December 2020, Uttar Pradesh launched IHCI in Varanasi district
Dec	PUBLICATION An IHCI article was published in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension: India Hypertension Control Initiative—Hypertension treatment and blood pressure control in a cohort in 24 sentinel site clinics
Oct	LAUNCH: KARNATAKA On 1st October 2020, Karnataka launched IHCI in two districts: Chikmagalur and Raichur
Sep	LAUNCH: ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh launched IHCI in Krishna district on 28th September 2020 and in Visakhapatnam district on 24th February 2021
Sep	LAUNCH: WEST BENGAL On 18th September 2020, West Bengal launched IHCI in five districts: Howrah, Birbhum, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Bardhaman
July	LAUNCH: BIHAR Bihar launched IHCI in Vaishali district on 21st July 2020, in Muzaffarpur on 1st September 2020, in Jamui on 9th December 2020 and in Purnia on 1st March 2021

2019

Date	Event
Nov 13	TRAINING Doctors and NCD program managers from all over India, including new states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhanbd, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Goa gathered in Lucknow to train for IHCI.
Jul 31	PHASE TWO IHCI held the National Level Scale-Up Consultatitive Meeting in New Delhi where Phase II of the IHCI program was launched. This was a key milestone in the IHCI programme.
Feb	REVIEW MEETING Punjab held the first state-level IHCI review meeting in Chandigarh

IHCI training in Lucknow on Nov 13, 2019

IHCI Punjab state review meeting in Chandigarh

Launch of Phase II of IHCI on 31st July, 2019 in New Delhi

2018

Month	Event
Nov	LAUNCH: TELANGANA In November 2018, Telangana launched IHCI in nine districts: Warangal Urban, Warangal Rural, Jangaon, Mahabubabad, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla and Jagityal.
Nov	LAUNCH: MAHARASHTRA In November 2018, Maharashtra launched IHCI in four districts: Bhandara, Satara, Sindhudurg and Warda.
Apr	LAUNCH: KERALA On April 7, 2018, Kerala launched IHCI across four districts: Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Wayanad and Thrissur.
Apr	LAUNCH: MADHYA PRADESH In April 2018, Madhya Pradesh launched IHCI in three districts: Bhopal, Chhindwara and Ratlam.
Jan	LAUNCH: PUNJAB In January 2018, Punjab was the first State to launch IHCI in five districts: Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, Mansa and Bathinda.

2017

Date	Event
Nov 28	START Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Indian Council of Medical Research launched India Hypertension Management Initiative (IHMI), now called IHCI. Read article...

IHCI (previously named IHMI) was initiated in November 2017 in New Delhi

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