City to conduct door-to-door campaign against vector-borne diseases

Time of India

6 days ago

Varanasi: A special communicable disease control campaign will be conducted from July 1-31 under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme to prevent vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya, filariasis and kala-azar.
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Additionally, a door-to-door awareness campaign will run from July 11-31.
A district-level interdepartmental task force meeting was held on Wednesday at the Collectorate auditorium, to discuss the preparations for the campaign. The meeting was chaired by district magistrate Satyendra Kumar and attended by chief development officer Himanshu Nagpal.
The DM gathered a detailed information from the health department and all 13 supporting departments regarding the campaign preparations and instructed them to prepare a micro-plan as soon as possible.
He emphasised that any negligence by any department official will not be tolerated. The work should be executed 100% according to the micro-plan. In the communicable disease control campaign conducted in April, the city CDPO received a stern warning for the unsatisfactory work by Anganwadi workers in the urban area.
All departments should focus on data feeding and monitoring.
The DM instructed that there should be no waterlogging or unsanitary conditions in either urban or rural areas of the district.
The municipal corporation should take immediate action in case of water accumulation or blocked drains in the city. In rural areas, the panchayati raj and rural development departments should act promptly. Anti-larvae spraying and fogging should be conducted in hotspot areas, densely populated areas, and other slum areas.
He said that the communicable disease control and awareness campaign can only be successful through the coordination of all departments.
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This is possible only when all departments fulfil their assigned responsibilities diligently. Frontline workers from various departments will visit homes to provide information on the prevention of vector-borne and infectious diseases and motivate people to change their behaviour.
They should inform as many people as possible about mosquito-borne diseases and how to prevent them. ASHA and Anganwadi workers should work according to the micro-plan.
All departments should ensure that the micro-plan is submitted within three days to ensure the successful execution of the campaign.
The food department was instructed to regularly check the quality of food items at restaurants, sweet shops, and street food vendors in the district to prevent food poisoning. The education department should organise awareness activities in all schools and educational institutions.
The urban development, rural development, and panchayati raj departments should continuously carry out all necessary activities to reduce mosquito density.
Sensitisation and training should be provided to all village heads, secretaries and panchayat assistants. All officers and staff should be present at all block-level meetings and training sessions. ASHA and anganwadi workers should focus on counselling during the awareness campaign.
Dengue and other patients should be provided immediate treatment at the CHC and PHC levels.
Chief medical officer Dr Sandeep Chaudhary said that preparations for the successful execution of the campaign began. All departments were informed about the instructions received from the govt. All reports will be fed into the e-Kavach portal, and regular review and monitoring will be conducted. The CMO also informed about the 'Stop Diarrhea Control Campaign', which will run for two months alongside the communicable disease control month campaign.