The Revised Smart Cities Mission in India focuses health technology integration through which approach?

• A Telemedicine hubs connected to AIIMS
• B Mobile health vans covering all wards
• C Cashless health services at urban PHCs
• D Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCC) for real-time health surveillance ✓

Explanation

The Smart Cities Mission integrates health surveillance through Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) that monitor disease outbreaks, environmental health indicators, and citizen health data in real time. ICCCs were particularly leveraged during COVID-19 for contact tracing and quarantine monitoring.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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