(a) the number of development blocks in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh for which proposals have been received under the Accelerated Malaria Control Scheme;
(b) the number of development blocks out of them included in the scheme; and
(c) the time by which the remaining development blocks are likely to be included in the said scheme?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a) to (c): The Enhanced Malaria Control Project (EMCP) with World Bank support was launched in September, 1997 for a period of five years for intensified malaria control in 1045 tribal Public Health Centres (PHCs) in 100 districts of Eight States namely Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa & Rajasthan. 91 PHCs of Chhattisgarh and 90 PHCs of Madhya Pradesh have been included in the project.
Proposal for inclusion of 30 PHCs of Chhattisgarh and 24 PHCs of Madhya Pradesh was received by the Govt. of India. During the extended period of the project (2003-05) 200 additional high risk PHCs have been selected on the basis of malaria endemicity and 14 additional PHCs of Chhattisgarh and 5 PHCs of Madhya Pradesh included in the project.
The said EMCP will come to a close on 31-03-05. However, support of Govt. of India in the form of drugs, insecticides, monitoring and supervision, training and IEC activities covering the entire country including the PHCs of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh would continue.