As many as 4.07 crore women have undergone breast screening for detection of its cancer, while 3.16 crore others were screened for cervical cancer under the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Union Minister Smriti Irani said here on Sunday.
The Minister for Women and Child Development also said that as many as 45 crore visits by women have been registered in the last two years at the health and wellness centres set up under Ayushman Bharat, the Centre's health protection scheme, for primary health care.
The sheer number of women beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat scheme shows why it is "profitable to enhance the role of women in pharmacology and healthcare", she said while speaking at the inaugural session of a national conference on "Soaring heights of empowerment in pharma and healthcare industry".
