(a) whether the Government is aware of the outbreak of Jaundice in different parts of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the States have sought any assistance to combat the outbreak of Jaundice; and
(d) if so, the details and the action taken in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a) to (d) :As per information received from National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, there were 35 cases of Infective Hepatitis in Satara District of Maharashtra with no death during the month of January, 2005. Sporadic incidences of Jaundice occur from time to time and the State-wise details of cases of Viral Hepatitis are at Annexure.
Unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, hygiene are some of the important causes of Jaundice. Provision of safe drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and treatment of Jaundice is the primary responsibility of the State Governments. The Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Government through various schemes such as Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme, Swajaldhara Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana – Rural Drinking Water, Accelerted Urban Water Supply, Total Sanitation Campaign School Sanitation and Hygiene Education and Low Cost Sanitation Scheme. National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi provides technical support to the State Governments and undertakes surveillance, early detection and prevention of control of outbreak of communicable diseases including Jaundice.
Annexure
State-wise number of reported cases of Viral Hepatitis during the years from 2001 – 2004
S.NO. STATES/U.Ts. 2001 2002 2003 2004
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 24530 16224 23094 28222 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH … … 299 .. 3 ASSAM … … ... .. 4 BIHAR … … .. .. 5 CHHATTISGARH … … … .. .. 6 GOA …. 71 190 93 7 GUJRAT 124 2365 2752 5860 8 HARYANA 2891 384 1645 1845 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2731 1648 1748 1872 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1275 6245 8432 6959 11 JHARKHAND 4226 … … .. 12 KARNATAKA … 6663 23085 33140 13 KERALA 26256 5323 7433 405 14 MADHYA PRADESH 4532 5515 9599 15859 15 MAHARASHTRA 3267 29525 33515 48789 16 MANIPUR 39911 397 310 136 17 MEGHALAYA 1558 472 413 688 18 MIZORAM 500 1111 744 717 19 NAGALAND 1183 131 127 27 20 ORISSA 144 648 2500 1489 21 PUNJAB 7334 3141 5169 1423 22 RAJASTHAN 4881 1758 2076 2078 23 SIKKIM 2955 210 414 372 24 TAMIL NADU 409 2320 … 8971 25 TRIPURA 1632 105 86 891 26 UTTARANCHAL 1784 … … .. 27 UTTAR PRADESH … 518 2964 2 28 WEST BENGAL 1885 7032 6527 5474 29 A & N ISLANDS 6303 368 467 258 30 CHANDIGARH 536 235 398 300 31 D & N HAVELI 310 232 227 675 32 DAMAN & DIU 6 23 20 6 33 DELHI 3159 5053 7476 10656 34 LAKSHADWEEP 71 22 19 20 35 PONDICHERRY 654 534 872 736
TOTAL 146047 98273 142601 182963