Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary has said that initiatives should be taken to implement the precautionary measures for the prevention of malaria, dengue, chikungunya etc. He said that by taking preventive measures before the spread of the disease, effective control of the disease can be ensured. Health Minister Choudhary was addressing the meeting of the State Task Force Committee of the National Vector-borne Disease Control Programme at Mantralaya.
Health Minister Dr. Choudhary said that the larvae of dengue mosquito breed in clean water. He said that during the rainy season, where clean water collects around the houses, dengue mosquitoes breed and spread dengue. Do not allow water to stagnate around the houses and in other places. In such a situation, there will be no possibility of breeding of dengue mosquito and effective control of dengue can be achieved. Common citizens should be asked to adopt measures to prevent dengue. Do not leave vessels in which water is collected in the open. The Health Minister said that citizens should be urged to adopt the precautionary measures to be taken for the prevention of malaria, chikungunya etc. He asked the departmental officers to send necessary publicity material to the officers of the departments concerned for public awareness, which they would be able to provide to the common citizens in the area through subordinate officers-employees.
Health Minister Dr. Choudhary said that the staff of the departments like Panchayat, Rural Development, Women and Child Development, Forest, Education etc. are in direct contact with the citizens. The field officers and employees of these departments play an important role in increasing public awareness for the prevention of diseases. He asked the officers of other departments including health department present in the meeting to take initiative in this direction. MD NHM Smt. Priyanka Das gave a presentation on the status of malaria, filaria, dengue/chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis diseases. Health Commissioner Dr. Sudam Khade and members of Task Force Committee were present.