Activities

Surveillance

Organization of Hydrocele operation camps for suitable patients

Introduction of Guppy fish in breeding places.

Spraying on mosquito breeding places with Abate, Baytex, & MLO.

Morbidity clinics for Filaria patients.
Minor Engineering.

Health Education.

Filaria Disease Surveillance has been carried out during 16th to 31st August 2004, in this special surveillance 66072 diseased patients have been find out. (Hydrocele = 27506, Lymphatic Filariasis = 38566)

Filaria Disease Surveillance:
Special Survey for identification of diseased fiilaria cases  is being carried out in all districts of the state, during the period 16th to 31st August every year .

MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION (MDA) :

As per the Guidelines from Govt of India, one day Mass Drug Administration (MDA) of DEC Tablets has been carried out from the year 2004-05, in  filaria endemic areas of selected 17 districts in the state.  All the eligible individuals ( i.e. excluding children below 2 years, Pregnant Women  & seriously ill patients) were treated with DEC tablets

100 % population covered by one day Mass Drug Administration (MDA) of DEC tablets on 5th June 2004, in 14 endemic districts viz. Solapur, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Nagpur, Bhandara, Wardha, Godia, Yeotmal, Amaravati, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Thane, Sindhudurga, & Nanded.

In the year 2005-06 Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign carried out during 11th to 13th November 2005 in 18 districts, four newly added districts for the campaign are Ratnagiri, Latur, Osmanabad, & Akola.

The year wise performance of MDA is as under

            This programme will be continued for next few years.