Health & Environment
Sivasagar intensifies disease surveillance following recent floods
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THE BRIEF
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The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme in Sivasagar has launched extensive fogging and larvicidal spraying to prevent outbreaks of dengue and Japanese Encephalitis after recent floods.
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Health authorities have impregnated 38,117 bed nets and are conducting fever surveillance through blood-slide collection and rapid diagnostic tests across flood-affected blocks like Nazira and Geleky.
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The National Health Mission is deploying IEC vans and distributing awareness leaflets to educate residents on eliminating mosquito-breeding sites and maintaining hygiene to curb water-borne disease transmission.