Dastak drive against infectious diseases in UP begins
monsoon season
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Deputy chief minister Brijesh Pathak, who also holds the health and medical education portfolio, appealed to people to stay aware and cooperate with the health teams visiting their homes.
Under the campaign, departments such as urban development, panchayati raj, irrigation, education, and women and child development, anchored by the state health department, will roll out initiatives to spread awareness against disease-causing microbes.
These initiatives include cleanliness drives and vector control. Educating people about health hygiene, disease prevention, and management is also a part of the campaign.
In rural areas, health department foot-soldiers, including ASHA and Anganwadi workers, reach out to people in their respective areas to educate them about fever, influenza-like illnesses, TB, leprosy, filaria, and kala-azar. Children with malnutrition are also identified in the process, and their parents are informed about the importance of diarrhoea prevention and the role of ORS and zinc in it. Practices like the consumption of safe drinking water, use of mosquito nets, vaccination against encephalitis, and personal hygiene are also promoted in the activity.
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