UP launches Dastak Abhiyan to fight waterborne diseases

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Government on Friday launched the Dastak Abhiyan to prevent the spread of water-borne and vector-borne diseases.

The campaign is scheduled to last till April 30.

Speaking about the campaign, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “The preparations will help us contain the communicable diseases which normally erupt during summers and rainy season.”

The chief minister instructed officials to provide facilities for prevention, treatment, and medicines at the Chief Minister Jan Arogya Mela, organised every Sunday.

ASHA and Anganwadi workers have been entrusted with the responsibility to apprise people about various water-borne and mosquito-borne diseases. They will also be making a list of people running fever.

Stating that any kind of carelessness could spiral into a scary situation, the government has stated that special efforts should be made to improve surveillance. Along with



the Health department, Rural Development and Child Welfare departments have been asked to stay alert.

It is worth mentioning here that Uttar Pradesh, which has formed the maximum number (more than 60,000) of monitoring committees in the country, is playing a vital role in the fight against seasonal fever, and mosquito and water-borne diseases.

More than four lakh members associated with these committees have been engaged in making people aware of vector-borne diseases by visiting them from door to door.

To control the spread of vector-borne diseases, a Communicable Disease Control Campaign has already been launched and weekly Chief Minister Jan Arogya Melas have also been started from April 10.

The government has asked the officials concerned to link the communicable diseases campaign and Dastak Abhiyan with Jan Arogya Mela so that more and more people can be benefitted.