State Govt readies strategy, drive for preventing malaria

The State Government has chalked out comprehensive strategy and launched drive for early detection and prevention of Malaria in the State.

This drive will be conducted in 23 out of 27 districts, under which mosquito repellant will be sprayed in 15 lakh houses of these villages, officials stated.

Health Department has selected 379 spraying teams and has given them necessary training for this task.

Officials of Health Department informed that under this drive, all seven districts of Bastar Revenue Division- Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Bastar and Sukma, besides other districts namely Bilaspur, Balod, Gariaband, Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh, Rajnandgaon, Kabeerdham, Dhamtari, Sarguja, Korba, Koriya, Jashpur, Surajpur, Balrampur, Balodabazar-Bhatapara and Mahasamund district have been included.

In all the districts of Bastar Division and four development blocks of Bilaspur Division, synthetic pyrethoid will be sprinkled in houses. In remaining districts, DDT will be sprayed. Officials further informed that people will be informed three day in advance about the visit of these teams.For  diagnosis of Malaria, the State Health Department has distributed rapid diagnostic kits to 34,000 Mitanins in 86 development blocks of 20 districts, officials stated.  

For this training programme, Master Trainers were trained in four regional centres of the Health Department, based in Ambikapur (Surguja), Jagdalpur (Bastar), Bilaspur and Raipur. These master trainers went to different districts and provided training to Mitanins.Till date, Mitanins have examined and treated 21,266 Malaria patients, with the help of rapid diagnostic kits allotted.

Rapid diagnostic kits for Malaria were distributed to Mitanins of all the developments blocks of Bastar and Sarguja Division, Gharghod, lailunga, Dharamjaigarh, Tamnaar blocks of Raigarh district, Daundi block of Balod district, Bodla block of Kabeerdham district, Mainpur and Chhura block of Gariaband district, Pendra Marwahi and Kota block of Bilaspur district, Korba, Katghora, Kartala, Pali, Paudi-Uproda blocks of Korba district, Mohla, Manpur, Ambagarh Chowki of Rajnandgaon district.