Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of dengue cases detected during the last two years, State/UT-wise;
(b) the action taken by Government to tackle the disease;
(c) whether the Government has put in place any mechanism to detect the cases of dengue; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a): The States /Union Territories (UTs)-wise number of dengue cases detected during the last two years is at Annexure I.
(b): Government of India (GOI) has taken the following steps:
• Monitoring and supervision for early case detection, prevention and control.
• During 2018 till date, 17 advisories issued and programme implementation reviewed on several occasions including with the States in 2 high level video conferences.
• Information Education Communication (IEC)/ Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) activities to disseminate knowledge for prevention and control through advocacy meetings, review meetings, electronic and print media.
• Regional review meetings held in 2018 at Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh and Arunachal Pradesh to review the situation and implementation plan.
(c) & (d): Yes.
• Free diagnostic facilities provided through 646 Sentinel Surveillance Hospitals (SSHs) and 16 Apex Referral laboratories (ARLs) identified across the country. The State/UT-wise number of SSHs and ARLs are at Annexure-II & III.
• During 2018 till date, GOI supplied 6313 Dengue and 2019 Chikungunya Immunoglobulin M (IgM)kits (1 Kit=96 tests) through National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.