Smart cities must have a vector control component : Health Ministry
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New Delhi: The smart cities must have a vector control component which needs to be included in strategic planning for urban development, said a top government official from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare at ASSOCHAM Dialogue on Protecting Communities: Vector Control in Action summit held here today. Globally, around 80 per cent of the entire population is at risk of one or more vector-borne diseases. While 77 per cent of the global burden of communicable disease is attributable to VBDs as well, said Dr N. S. Dharmshaktu, Principal Advisor on Public Health, MoHFW.
“We need web-based reporting on Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs). Also, make malaria treatment training mandatory for Doctors & Public Health Workers,” said Dr Dharmshaktu. Addressing the inaugural address Dr P. K. Sen, Director, NVBDCP, MoHFW said, about 60 per cent decline in Malaria cases in 2018 so far compared to the same time in 2017. With the steady decline of malaria cases in India, the signs are positive that its prevention and control measure are working effectively. Additionally, facilitating the adoption of integrated vector management and ensuring the implementation of vector control services in rural and urban areas can shrink the disease burden much faster in India, added Dr. P. K. Sen.He further said the cases of dengue rising globally whereas mortality has reduced from 3-4 per cent to below 1 per cent, said Dr. P. K. Sen. In his address, ASSOCHAM's secretary general Uday Kumar Varma lauded the commendable work done by the governments, both at the centre and in the states in bringing down the transmission intensity of vector-borne diseases in our country.
“We need web-based reporting on Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs). Also, make malaria treatment training mandatory for Doctors & Public Health Workers,” said Dr Dharmshaktu. Addressing the inaugural address Dr P. K. Sen, Director, NVBDCP, MoHFW said, about 60 per cent decline in Malaria cases in 2018 so far compared to the same time in 2017. With the steady decline of malaria cases in India, the signs are positive that its prevention and control measure are working effectively. Additionally, facilitating the adoption of integrated vector management and ensuring the implementation of vector control services in rural and urban areas can shrink the disease burden much faster in India, added Dr. P. K. Sen.He further said the cases of dengue rising globally whereas mortality has reduced from 3-4 per cent to below 1 per cent, said Dr. P. K. Sen. In his address, ASSOCHAM's secretary general Uday Kumar Varma lauded the commendable work done by the governments, both at the centre and in the states in bringing down the transmission intensity of vector-borne diseases in our country.
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