Lucknow, 1

April (HS): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak launched the

Communicable Disease Control Campaign in a program organized at Balrampur

Hospital on Wednesday. On this occasion, Brajesh Pathak said that together we

will attack dengue and malaria. A special communicable disease control campaign

has been launched from today. Along with this, a door-to-door campaign will

also be conducted from April 10 to 30. We will attack mosquito-borne diseases

through both the special campaigns. There will be coordination between 13

departments in these campaigns. Our government is committed to providing best

health facilities to the people of the state.

Brajesh

Pathak said that in 2018, these campaigns, launched in just seven districts

with the support of 13 departments, were successfully implemented in all 75

districts. The Medical Health and Family Welfare Department serves as the nodal

department for this campaign, and other departments organize activities related

to their departments.

ASHA

workers and Anganwadi workers are the pivotal force behind the Dastak campaign.

Three times each year, these workers personally visit more than 40 million

homes to deliver messages to the public regarding disease prevention, prompt

treatment, and diagnosis, as well as environmental and personal hygiene.

Numerous other activities, including disease prevention for pregnant women,

village-level sensitization meetings, drinking water purification methods, and

mosquito control activities, are also carried out.

Continuous

decrease in the number of patients: Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak informed that in

comparison to 4724 patients of brain fever in the year 2017, only 694 patients

were reported in the year 2025. In comparison to 693 patients of Japanese

encephalitis in the year 2017, only 63 patients were reported in the year 2025.

For prevention of dengue and chikungunya disease, advanced testing facility of

dengue has been made available by making 89 (86 sentinel and 03 apex)

laboratories functional in all 75 districts of the state.

Awareness

rally flagged off: The Deputy Chief Minister flagged off awareness rallies,

campaign vehicles, and fogging machines. He stated that the campaign has

yielded positive results. Mosquito-borne diseases like Japanese Encephalitis

(JE), Kala Azar, malaria, and Chikungunya have significantly declined, and JE

cases are moving towards zero. He appealed to the public to make this campaign

a mass movement. Avoid waterlogging in and around homes, and ensure regular

cleaning of old utensils, tires, flower pots, refrigerator trays, and coolers.

Minister

of State, Government of Uttar Pradesh Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh, Additional

Chief Secretary, Medical Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education,

Government of Uttar Pradesh Amit Kumar Ghosh, Director General, Medical and

Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh Dr. Pawan Kumar Arun, Special Secretary

Dhirendra Sachan, Director General, Family Welfare Dr. H.D. Agarwal, Director

General, Training Dr. Ranjana Khare, Director, Balrampur Hospital Dr. Kavita

Arya, Additional Director, Health, Lucknow Dr. G.P. Gupta, Chief Medical

Officer, Lucknow Dr. N.B. Singh, Chief Medical Superintendent, Balrampur Dr.

Himanshu Chaturvedi and other dignitaries were present in the program.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi