States should draw up plans to fight diseases: Nadda
Assuring the Lok Sabha that the government is "vigilant" to control various diseases, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda urged the states also to draw adequate plans to fight the maladies.
"We have been able to arrest malaria. We have been able to curtail and bring down kala azar incidents a lot. We are trying to do our best, but it is the state governments who have to take the initiative," Nadda said in the Lok Sabha during question hour.
Answering queries from members, he said till July 24, there were 21 deaths due to dengue, 70 due to Japanese encephalitis and 57 due to malaria.
"If a state comes out with a programme, the central government is always there to help. We can also give them technical support and also capacity-building support," Nadda said, adding that the Centre also supported the states to deal with various other vector-borne diseases.
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