UP Govt speeds up awareness drive against water-borne diseases
In pursuance of the government’s orders, the availability of pure drinking water is also being ensured in the affected areas
New Delhi: Emphasizing prevention before treatment, the Uttar Pradesh government has speeded up the awareness drive about the importance of cleanliness, sanitation, and the importance of nutritional food to prevent the health challenges caused due to water-borne diseases and other seasonal vagaries.
The Yogi Govt has directed the officials to ensure regular sanitation and fogging drives to protect the state from vector-borne diseases such as Dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya and others.
Scaling up preventive measures against water-borne and vector-borne diseases arising out of seasonal vagaries, the health workers have been instructed to pay door-to-door visits to identify patients with viral fever, vector-borne diseases and other symptoms.
The public is also advised to take all the necessary precautions to check the breeding of mosquitoes in and around their houses. Apart from this, in pursuance of the government’s orders, the availability of pure drinking water is also being ensured in the affected areas.
The Yogi government, earlier, had stated, “The cooperation of organisations like WHO, UNICEF and PATH should be taken in the mission. We have two successful models of Encephalitis control and COVID-19 management in front of us, which will be useful for us in the communicable disease campaign.”
Inter-departmental coordination to ensure all necessary arrangement
Being extra vigilant and careful, the government has set up an Encephalitis Care Center at Block levels, equipped with PICU beds, and trained medical personnel. Trained doctors, paramedical staff, staff nurses and AES have also been appointed in the districts. The number of technicians in the laboratories are adequate and all are well trained.
The state government has established an inter-departmental coordination to ensure all necessary arrangements with departments of medical and health, rural development, urban development, women and child development, agriculture and basic secondary education.
ASHA Workers Paying Door-To-Door Visit
ASHA and Anganwadi Workers have also been paying door-to-door visits to detect ailing patients. Arrangements have also been made for additional beds, doctors, paramedical staff, medicines, and other equipment in the hospitals.
According to the Health officials, the government’s special cleanliness campaign to curb the spread of communicable diseases and vector-borne diseases in the state has played a major role in bringing down the transmission levels.