In the wake of more fever cases being reported form various parts of the State, Health Minister P.K.Sreemathi convened a high-level meeting of the officials here on Friday to chart out an action plan.More cases of dengue fever are being reported from various parts of the State, especially in the Corporation limit of Thiruvananthapuram. The meeting was attended by Dr.Kalpana Baruva, Joint Director, Union Health and Family Welfare Department and in-charge of Kerala affairs. It has been decided at the meeting to call an emergency meeting of all health officials and local self-government representatives in each district to review the cases being reported from the respective areas. In Thiruvananthapuram, it has been decided to convene a meeting of the local authorities in each blocks on January 19. To monitor the activities in each blocks, separate health officials have been given charge in the district. The ASHA volunteers will be conducting a survey in their respective areas and will report it to the block-level health authorities.On January 21, a massive campaign for waste disposal in each areas of the district will be conducted in which volunteers of NSS, ASHA, Kudumbasree and NCC will take part. The residents associations have also been asked to be a part of this campaign. All the private health care institutions have also been asked to report the dengue cases being treated in their institutions.
The New Indian Express, 17th January 2009
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