Abstract :
To address the public health challenge posed by Dengue in Uttarakhand, the health department, Uttarakhand state government designed and implemented a comprehensive, multi-sectoral, integrated approach for bridging the gaps in containment of anticipated dengue outbreaks during the whole transmission period in vulnerable areas. A well-crafted strategy aimed to implent a containment action plan by timely identification of early Hot-Spots, containment strategy execution by proper micro-planning in a multi-sectoral, integrated approach. The containment action plans were issued from District Magistrate’s of respective districts. The surveillance system early identified hotspots of dengue in vulnerable areas and multi-sectoral teams responded to the hotspots to neutralize any occurrence of outbreak/epidemic of dengue. Inspite of anticipated increase in dengue cases in year 2023, the incidence of dengue cases was reduced to less than half in comparison of previous high transmission year i.e. 2019. The dengue mega campaign containment strategy implementation resulted in successful control of incidence of dengue cases in expected high transmission period of dengue in Uttarakhand state.
Keyword :
Dengue, Mega campaign, Containment strategy, Multi sectoral approach, Hot Spot, Comprehensive Integrated strategy, Outbreak.