With the aim to combat communicable diseases, both in urban and rural areas, the state government will launch the Communicable Diseases Control Campaign and Dastak Campaign in July.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently held a meeting with the top officials of the Health department to outline necessary guidelines for these campaigns. The Communicable Disease Control Campaign (CDCC) will be held from July 1 to July 31 and the Dastak campaign from July 17 to 31.
“Instructions have been given to make preparations for ensuring cleanliness in both urban and rural areas and tackling water-logging during this period. The officials have also been directed to monitor intensive vector and mosquito control activities in high risk areas with inter-departmental cooperation,” a government spokesman said here on Thursday.
The official said that during the campaign, a robust monitoring framework would be implemented to assess the effectiveness of the initiatives.
As part of the campaign, detailed information on patient surveillance will be provided during the training of frontline workers.
The training sessions, scheduled between July 10 and 15, will equip these workers with the knowledge required to identify and monitor potential cases.
The directives say that supply of pure drinking water should be ensured. Cattle sheds and pig sheds should be set up away from the population and arrangements for cleanliness should be made. During the Dastak Campaign, the screening and treatment of individuals exhibiting symptoms identified by frontline workers will be a top priority. Cutting shrubs will help reduce potential breeding of disease carrying vectors.
As part of the ongoing disease prevention campaigns, the Health department, in collaboration with Anganwadi workers, will undertake door-to-door publicity efforts to raise awareness about disease prevention among the residents of both urban and rural areas of the state.