New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Achieving the target of reducing PM2.5 levels by 30 per cent under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) could bring down nationwide disease prevalence to 3.09 per cent from the current average of 4.87 per cent, according to a new tool launched on Tuesday.

Research group Climate Trends and IIT-Delhi unveiled the Health Benefit Assessment Dashboard at a consultation workshop held here.

The dashboard, based on data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) across 641 districts, is the first of its kind to establish clear links between air pollution and public health in India.

The tool maps associations between PM2.5 pollution and diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), anaemia and diabetes among women aged

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