Special communicable disease control campaign continues

Varanasi. Under the special communicable disease control campaign, Dastak campaign was run from 16 to 31 October in the district. In this campaign, Asha and Anganwadi workers visited door to door in rural and urban areas and identified patients with symptoms of communicable diseases – dengue, malaria, meningitis etc. as well as tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, kala azar and filariasis. Did. Also referred for investigation. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Sandeep Chaudhary said that people with symptoms of communicable diseases discovered in this campaign have been referred to health centers for examination and treatment. All the information collected by Asha and Anganwadi workers was uploaded on e-Kavach.

Asha and Anganwadi workers went door to door to sensitize the community to adopt better behavior to prevent mosquito-borne and communicable diseases like dengue, malaria, kala-azar, filariasis, etc. and are still doing so. He said that maintain cleanliness around your houses, do not allow waterlogging, destroy waterlogging containers, use mosquito nets and wear clothes that cover the entire body. Dr. SS Kanojia, Nodal Officer and ACMO of Vector Borne Disease Program, said that in the Dastak campaign, along with communicable diseases – dengue, malaria, meningitis etc., patients with symptoms of Tuberculosis (TB), Leprosy, Kala-azar and Filaria will also be covered. Marked. Under this, till now survey has been conducted in more than 6.91 lakh houses by Asha workers in the district. These include fever, I.L. List of I. (Influenza Like Illness) patients, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and people with symptoms of Filaria and Kala-azar is also included. Apart from this, an area wise list of such houses where mosquitoes were found breeding inside the houses was prepared and made available to ANM by Asha workers.