Activities

1. Early detection and Prompt treatment

1. Gear up of active and passive surveillance at all levels so as to solve 10% of the total population annually and 1% monthly.
2. Rapid fever survey is to be carried out in areas with high fever rate.
3. Laboratory services to be made fully operationalised in all the PHC’s of the State.
4. AM Drugs equipments and Insecticides to be supplied in time and accordingly
5. Filling up the vacant posts as per norms or deployment of health staff whenever necessary.
6. Drug sensitivity test to be carried out in high risk areas in collaboration with the Office of the Regional Director Govt of India.
7. Cross Checking of all positive blood slides and 10% of all negative blood slides to be send by all PHC’s to Regional Office quarterly
8. Identification of project areas in the State and screening of labour population.
9. Selection of remote and in accessible areas in the PHC’s /SC’s for distribution of RDKs.
10. Involving the Ashas in all high risk villages in EDPT by provided them with drugs and
11. RDK and re-orientation training whenever necessary.

2. Vector Control

a) Two rounds of DDT spray will be carried out selectively in all areas with API 2 and above.
b) Focal spray is to be done in case of any outbreak in areas where regular spray has not done.
c) 80% is the target for spray operation.

ITBN (Insecticide Treated Bednet)

a) Survey of the community bednets to be completed.
b) Impregnation of community bednets to be done before transmission season in all high risk villages.

3. Larvivorous Fish:

Suitable water bodies will be seeded with larvivorous fish which is an environmental friendly and cost effective vector control measure. NGO’s school children will be actively involved. The effort would be supported through Larvivorous Fish domestic resources.

4. Annual Indent of Anti Maria Drugs/Equipments:

Calculation of requirement of drugs as per technical demand, detail information about the logistic position in the different districts for the state demand.

5. Training & Capacity Building :

Training and orientation of the different categories of Health staff to be carried out.

6. IEC

a) Health Education programme by the different health staff in the respective health institutions and during field visit.
b) Procurement /printing of IEC materials, placement of hoarding in the district PHC’s and sub-centres levels.
c) Advocacy and Intersectoral meeting, awareness camp for Impregnation of bednets to be carried out as per scheduled.

7. Entomological Studies:

The State Entomological cell had conducted some studies on the entomological aspects. This study includes month-wise prevalence of the Anopheles species in general and vector species in particular, as the susceptibility status of the species encountered.