KOLKATA: With dengue claiming around 40 lives in 2017 (the reliable determine, then again, is simplest 19) and affecting hundreds, the health department has now taken the virtual route to track the virus this 12 months. Vector management and preventive measures at the moment are guided by knowledge fed into a instrument, which has already traced 31 circumstances of dengue this 12 months.
“The trial run of the instrument was performed in January and exact implementation started in February. We hope this may occasionally allow better coordination, taking over vector-prevention and management measures in time,” mentioned Dr Ajay Chakraborty, director, health products and services (DHS).
Developed by a technical reinforce staff in the health department, officials in Swasthya Bhawan mentioned they were assured this instrument will minimise the conversation hole between stakeholders, allow senior health officials to intervene each time required and act rapidly.
Recently, Swathya Bhawan officials won an alert about several circumstances of fever in a specific ward in Cooch Behar. Officials right away were given in touch with the manager medical officer health (CMOH) of Cooch Behar and requested him to carry a meeting with municipality officials to investigate the fever. Within days, Swasthya Bhawan officials won a feedback from the district ruling out dengue.
“This instrument system covers all city municipalities in the state. Each are anticipated to day-to-day feed in their respective knowledge on vector-control measures. This instrument is meant to allow detailed knowledge analysis and plan follow up motion accordingly. Another function is that it emits an alert each time there is something to be excited about,” added Chakraborty.
All municipalities are required to update information on fever circumstances in a ward, dengue circumstances detected by any hospital, choice of families and the findings by health employees all through door-to-door visits all through the day, together with mosquito breeding websites, water stagnation and fever.
Cut-off issues had been set up for various parameters and if the instrument finds any knowledge overshooting the cut-off mark, it sends out an alert.
“The trial run of the instrument was performed in January and exact implementation started in February. We hope this may occasionally allow better coordination, taking over vector-prevention and management measures in time,” mentioned Dr Ajay Chakraborty, director, health products and services (DHS).
Developed by a technical reinforce staff in the health department, officials in Swasthya Bhawan mentioned they were assured this instrument will minimise the conversation hole between stakeholders, allow senior health officials to intervene each time required and act rapidly.
Recently, Swathya Bhawan officials won an alert about several circumstances of fever in a specific ward in Cooch Behar. Officials right away were given in touch with the manager medical officer health (CMOH) of Cooch Behar and requested him to carry a meeting with municipality officials to investigate the fever. Within days, Swasthya Bhawan officials won a feedback from the district ruling out dengue.
“This instrument system covers all city municipalities in the state. Each are anticipated to day-to-day feed in their respective knowledge on vector-control measures. This instrument is meant to allow detailed knowledge analysis and plan follow up motion accordingly. Another function is that it emits an alert each time there is something to be excited about,” added Chakraborty.
All municipalities are required to update information on fever circumstances in a ward, dengue circumstances detected by any hospital, choice of families and the findings by health employees all through door-to-door visits all through the day, together with mosquito breeding websites, water stagnation and fever.
Cut-off issues had been set up for various parameters and if the instrument finds any knowledge overshooting the cut-off mark, it sends out an alert.
State takes digital route to combat dengue menace
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April 02, 2018
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