Dengue Cases in India

New Delhi, August 21, 2013:

The number of reported cases and deaths due to dengue during current year in comparison to the corresponding period of last year is as under:

 

Year	Comparative dengue situation till 31st July
	2012	2013
Cases	8899	15983
Deaths	76	56

 

While the numbers of cases this year are more, the numbers of deaths have declined.  State/UT-wise cases and deaths are at Annexure-I.

 

Dengue is an outbreak prone disease transmitted through mosquito bites. There is no single reason attributable to increase of dengue cases. It is governed by various man-made and environmental factors as under: –

 

·           unprecedented human population growth;

·           unplanned and rapid urbanization;

·           inadequate waste management;

·              water supply mismanagement including water scarcity/ interrupted supply;

·           increased distribution and densities of vector  mosquitoes due to man-made, ecological and lifestyle changes;

·           gaps in public health infrastructure;

·           increase mobility of population;

·          poor infrastructure in the States to monitor  vector mosquito breeding.

 

The Government has taken the following other measures for prevention and control of Dengue in the country: –

 

·        National guidelines for clinical management of cases have been sent to the states for circulation in all hospitals.  These are also available on the website of NVBDCP.

·        Developed a Long Term Action Plan in January, 2007 and sent to the States for implementation.

·        In view of upsurge and geographical spread of dengue to newer areas, a Mid Term Plan has been developed for prevention and control of Dengue and approved by the Committee of Secretaries on 26^th May, 2011. The plan has been sent to the states for implementation.

·        The dengue situation in the country is monitored and reviewed with States/UTs.

·        Field visits are carried out by technical experts from NVBDCP to assess the preparedness at the field level and to provide technical guidance to the States.

·        Training is imparted to clinicians on case management as per GOI guidelines and to other health care functionaries on programme activities.

·        ELISA based IgM test kits are provided to SSHs through National Institute of Virology, Pune free of cost. During current year (till 22.07.13), a total of 1097 dengue diagnostic kits (1 Kit= 96 tests) have been provided by Centre to SSHs.

·        Introduced ELISA based NS1 test for early detection of cases from 1^st day of disease as distinct to IgM test which can detect the Dengue case after five days of disease.

·     Funds are provided to the States for prevention and control of vector borne diseases including Dengue to implement the public health activities.

·     Surveillance strengthened through 347 Sentinel Surveillance Hospitals (SSHs) Entomological surveillance strengthened.

·    Source reduction strengthened through domestic breeding checkers.

·    Focused IEC/BCC activities intensified.

·    Training for dengue case management and vector control organized at different levels.

·    For Outbreak Preparedness, Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) has been constituted at state and district levels.

·   Advisories for preventive action and preparedness have also been issued to State Government as detailed at Annexure-II. 

 

Annexure-I

State-wise number of reported cases and deaths due to dengue during current year up to 31^st July 2013

S. No.	States/UTs	2013*
		Cases	Deaths
1	Andhra Pradesh	253	0
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0
3	Assam	2	0
4	Bihar	4	0
5	Chhattisgarh	27	0
6	Goa	53	0
7	Gujarat	744	1
8	Haryana	10	0
9	Himachal Pradesh	0	0
10	J&K	0	0
11	Jharkhand	0	0
12	Karnataka	3775	11
13	Kerala	5801	19
14	Madhya Pradesh	128	6
15	Meghalaya	0	0
16	Maharashtra	961	19
17	Manipur	0	0
18	Mizoram	7	0
19	Nagaland	0	0
20	Orissa	230	0
21	Punjab	6	0
22	Rajasthan	38	0
23	Sikkim	0	0
24	Tamil Nadu	3079	0
25	Tripura	0	0
26	Uttar Pradesh	3	0
27	Uttarakhand	0	0
28	West Bengal	117	0
29	A&N Island	12	0
30	Chandigarh	2	0
31	Delhi	14	0
32	D&N Haveli	2	0
33	Daman & Diu	0	0
34	Puducherry	715	0
Total		15983	56

 

*Provisional till 31^st July, 2013

 

Annexure-II

Advisories issued in 2013

 

Issued by	Addressed to all States	Date
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare	Chief Ministers	31st March
Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Government of India	Chief Secretaries	11th March
Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare	Director Health Services	12th March
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare	Principal Secretary, Health	11th March
Director, National Vector Bourne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)	Director Health Services	28th February
Jt. Director, National Vector Bourne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)	State Programme Officers	16th May

 

This information was given by Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

— CCI Newswire