Vector/Seasonal Disease Management - Solutions
Below are the key issues outlined by you in regards to Vector/Seasonal Disease Management in India. Kindly review them and help identify what solutions should be implemented at local levels and by who so next year the impact of seasonal/vector borne diseases is minimized. We look forward to your inputs.
Seasonal Disease Management – Issues
1.Fogging is only when an epidemic breaks out and that too only in few places
2.Fogging is done blindly without taking measures to identify the place of breeding or to eliminate breeding
3.There is no way for the citizens to request a second round of defogging
4.Municipality fogging trucks and automatic sewer machines have not been seen in action this year
5.Government hospitals do not handle cases of dengue well
6.Patients are asked to buy the medicines themselves from outside
7.Availability of doctors to manage cases of dengue and chikangunia becomes an issue
8.Patients with high fever are made to wait for hours in Government hospitals before a doctor comes to see them
9.Blood tests for Dengue are quite expensive
10.Open drains are not cleaned and have become breeding ground for the vectors
11.Vacant as well as construction sites are major grounds for mosquito breeding and not much is being done by the municipality to get rid of them. more
Seasonal Disease Management – Issues
1.Fogging is only when an epidemic breaks out and that too only in few places
2.Fogging is done blindly without taking measures to identify the place of breeding or to eliminate breeding
3.There is no way for the citizens to request a second round of defogging
4.Municipality fogging trucks and automatic sewer machines have not been seen in action this year
5.Government hospitals do not handle cases of dengue well
6.Patients are asked to buy the medicines themselves from outside
7.Availability of doctors to manage cases of dengue and chikangunia becomes an issue
8.Patients with high fever are made to wait for hours in Government hospitals before a doctor comes to see them
9.Blood tests for Dengue are quite expensive
10.Open drains are not cleaned and have become breeding ground for the vectors
11.Vacant as well as construction sites are major grounds for mosquito breeding and not much is being done by the municipality to get rid of them. more
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