REVIEW MEETING FOR PREVENTION
AND CONTROL OF VECTOR BORNE DISEASES
Secretary, Health, Shri S. K.
Naik today took a review meeting to discuss the state of preparedness
for prevention and control of Dengue fever, Malaria and other
vector borne & water borne diseases in Delhi and its neighbouring
States. Secretary, Health stated that vector densities need to
be monitored and surveillance of fever cases should be strengthened
so that early warning signals of potential outbreaks are identified.
Since the risk of outbreak of vector borne diseases increase in
the monsoon and post-monsoon months, Shri Naik stressed upon the
need to step up the preparedness for prevention of these disease.
The representatives from the states of Rajasthan, U.P., Haryana,
Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi and Medical Superintend from Lady Hardinge
Medical college, Safdarjung Hospital and officials from C.P.W.D.,
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting attended the meeting.
Director General Health Services,
Dr. S. P. Agarwal gave overviews of the present condition in these
States and stressed the need to intensify monitoring of the fever
cases. He also asked the states to take immediate action to bring
the vector densities down to negligible levels. Monitoring of
mosquito breeding in office building and hospitals should be made
mandatory, reporting of laboratory confirmed case of dengue should
be essential along with the timely garbage disposal in order to
reduce the potential breeding sites, he stated.
The States briefed the Secretary
on the steps taken by them as control measures. Some of the states
requested for an increase in the supply of Malathion and DDT for
spray purposes and Primaquine Tablets.
Secretary, Health assured
the States to look into the problems faced by them and asked them
to intensify the IEC activities specially in the border areas
of U.P. and Haryana where the larval densities of Aedes was high.
It was also decided that the hospitals in the capital would constitute
small teams to monitor the cases of vector borne diseases and
to report immediately if there was sudden increase in fever cases.
CPWD was also asked to provide regular reports to the Department
of Health on the buildings inspected by it.
