A seminar was organised at the office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun on the occasion of World Malaria Day on Monday. The officers of district health department, officials of Municipal Corporation of Dehradun and Asha facilitators of the district participated in the seminar.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun, Dr S P Agarwal said that efforts should be made to make the district Malaria free. He said that World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken a pledge to make the world malaria free by the year 2030. Dr Agarwal exhorted the health department officials to ensure activities to achieve the target of no malaria in their areas.
The District Malaria Officer (DMO), J P Bahuguna said that the district health department is committed to remove the menace of Malaria and Dengue. He explained the mode of spread of this disease and said that both these diseases are spread by Mosquito. The DMO said that the number of Malaria cases in the district last year were 359 while 12 cases have been reported this year. Similarly the 829 cases of Dengue were reported last year. The district is yet to report any case of Dengue this year.
He said that from next month, teams of health department would hold ward wise visits of the district to identify the suspected cases of these diseases. Bahuguna also informed that the department would hold fever surveillance programe to keep an eye on the cases of fever in the district so that the spread of the disease is checked.