Curative healthcare systesm in India is regarded in terms of our approach to overcome COMMUNICABLE DISEASES and NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Programme to address Communicable diseases
#NATIONAL VECTORBORN DISAEAE CONTROL PROGRAMME(NVDCP)
–>Target diseases : Malaria, Filariasis, Kala azar, Chickungunya
–>Performance of NVDCP
- Integrated vector management
- Disease management : early detection and treatment
- Supportive intervention : awareness creation
- Vaccination
–>Malaria
- More concentrated in Northeast India
- Integrated Malaria Control Programme : World Bank supported
- success rate : 44% reduction India
–>Filariasis
- This disease is spread by mosquitoes and black flies
- Coastal districts are more prone
- Annual Massive Drug Administration(AMDA)
- Almost eliminated by 2015
–>Kala azar
- Bihar, UP and West Bengal most affected states
- Caused by sand fly
- Target to elimiante : 2010 – but so far 30% achieved
–>Japanese Encaphalitis
- no cure for disease , only vaccination is available
- viral disaease
- UP and Bihar most affected
- Added to mission indradhanush
–>Tuberculosis
- Highest health burden in India[1 in 4 children die of TB]
- Highly linked to poverty [because of lack of access to healthcare]
- 1.8 million people suffer from TB
- most of them working in unorganised sector
- Revised National TB Control Programme – started mainly because of the emergence of drug resistance,lack of targeting and non completion of treatment
- DOTS STRATEGY [Directly Observed Treatment Shortcuts]- political and administrative commitment to have a comprehensive approach to deal with disease..Give good quality diagnosis, supervised treatment and systematic monotoring…..
- STOP TB Campaign : free diagnosis and treatment…. R&D etc