A Study of Various Components of Malaria Surveillance under Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) in Rural Reporting Units of Ahmedabad District, Gujarat
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
Abstract: Malaria is one of the major communicable diseases and most debilitating disease that affect the physical and economic wellbeing of people living in endemic areas for malaria. About 95% (1.2 billion) Indian population reside in malaria endemic areas and 80% of malaria cases reported is confined to areas consisting 20% of population residing in tribal, hilly, difficult and inaccessible areas. Approximately 1.5-2 million confirmed cases and 1000 deaths occur annually. In India, diseases surveillance for communicable and non-communicable diseases is carried out under Integrated Diseases Surveillance Programme (IDSP) to detect and report cases for timely implementation of control measures. The present study was conducted to study the various components of malaria surveillance under IDSP at rural reporting units of Ahmedabad district. A total 30 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and 30 Sub-Centers (SCs) were included in study. A pre-tested and semi-structured proforma was used to collect data. A total 146 staff members of PHC and SC who were present at time of visit were interviewed for case detection and case confirmation, registration, reporting, knowledge of standard case definition, availability of standard guideline and manual, training, supervision, availability of resources, timeliness and completeness of reporting. IDSP has been successfully implemented at all facilities with completeness and timeliness was more than 90% and 80% respectively. More than 90% staffs out of 146 were trained in surveillance. 15% of S forms were found incomplete while discrepancy between S register and S reporting form was found in 18.3% forms during verification. Keywords:Malaria, Surveillance, Completeness, Timeliness.
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Kirti Rahul, Jatin Chhaya, A Bhagyalaxmi .
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