be to provide medical help to stall progress of the health problem and prevent any further heart attacks.

So far, the attempt is to provide intervention through the primary health care model. Depending on the success of the programme, it will be rolled out in other parts of the country with modifications according to specific requirements, said Joshi.

According to a recent WHO report, cardiovascular diseases in India have claimed more than 250 lives per 100,000 deaths in the country.

Bruce Neal of The George Institute for International Health said: "Having current and reliable data about causes of death and disease is a prerequisite for the best use of scarce health care resources."

The experts said due to lack of medical facilities in rural areas the real cause of the health problems went undetected and led to more deaths unlike in urban areas.

"As epidemics of heart attack, stroke, depression and diabetes are only increasing, we need to understand the vast majority of people in India have little or no access to those treatments proven to prevent these conditions," said K. Srinath Reddy, head of cardiology department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and CCDC Director.

"We found that in all age groups, 32 percent of deaths were due to cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes. The possibility of prevalence of these diseases in varying proportions in other rural regions of India cannot be ruled out," said Reddy.

--Edited IANS
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