PM CALLS FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS ON PUBLIC HEALTH
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Thursday, November 02, 2006
19:59 IST
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, chaired a meeting of senior officials of the Ministries of Health, Urban Development, Drinking Water Supply and Panchayati Raj to review the recent incidents of vector borne diseases including Dengue and Chikungunya.
The meeting was attended by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss, Minister of State Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi, Union Cabinet Secretary, Shri B.K.Chaturvedi and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Shri T.K.A.Nair.
The Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of Health to restructure the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) and to transform it into an "Early Warning System" for the outbreak of epidemics.
The programme should be made accountable for any failure in this regard.
The Ministry of Health was also asked to issue regular health alerts and health bulletins to create public aware ness so as to enable preemptive action being taken both at the community level and the level of households.
The Prime Minister also instructed that funds under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme and National Rural Health Mission should be utilized both for preemptive public health intervention at the community level and for undertaking sanitation and disease prevention programmes.
The Prime Minister complimented the media for playing the role of an early warning system. However, he urged the media to play a positive role by creating public awareness and desist from creating panic in the community.
In this context, the Prime Minister called for the national observance of one day as a National Cleanliness and Public Health Day in which community level action can be taken to prevent epidemics, and ensure proper sanitation and cleanliness in public places and within houses.
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YSR/HS/CS
19:59 IST
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, chaired a meeting of senior officials of the Ministries of Health, Urban Development, Drinking Water Supply and Panchayati Raj to review the recent incidents of vector borne diseases including Dengue and Chikungunya.
The meeting was attended by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss, Minister of State Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi, Union Cabinet Secretary, Shri B.K.Chaturvedi and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Shri T.K.A.Nair.
The Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of Health to restructure the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) and to transform it into an "Early Warning System" for the outbreak of epidemics.
The programme should be made accountable for any failure in this regard.
The Ministry of Health was also asked to issue regular health alerts and health bulletins to create public aware ness so as to enable preemptive action being taken both at the community level and the level of households.
The Prime Minister also instructed that funds under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme and National Rural Health Mission should be utilized both for preemptive public health intervention at the community level and for undertaking sanitation and disease prevention programmes.
The Prime Minister complimented the media for playing the role of an early warning system. However, he urged the media to play a positive role by creating public awareness and desist from creating panic in the community.
In this context, the Prime Minister called for the national observance of one day as a National Cleanliness and Public Health Day in which community level action can be taken to prevent epidemics, and ensure proper sanitation and cleanliness in public places and within houses.
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YSR/HS/CS
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