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INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME
04/May/2012
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4731
ANSWERED ON:  04.05.2012
INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME
SHASHI THAROOR
 
Will the Minister of



 HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-


(a) the number of outbreaks reported in 2011-12 under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP); 

(b) the number of total outbreaks reported in 2011-12 that are under control vis-a-vis the number of total outbreaks reported in 2011-12 that are under surveillance; 

(c) the major diseases/illnesses for which outbreaks are reported; and 

(d) the number of districts that did not report weekly data for epidemic prone diseases under IDSP during 2011-12, State-wise?


ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD) 

(a) A total of 1723 outbreaks were reported under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) during the period 4th April 2011 to 1st April 2012. 

(b) Disease outbreaks are investigated and responded to immediately by the respective Dis trict/State Rapid Response Teams and are kept under surveillance till they are brought un der control. This is a dynamic process and the situation changes from day to day. Out of 1723 outbreaks reported during 2011-12, 23 outbreaks were under surveillance as on 1st April, 2012 

(c) The major diseases/illnesses for which outbreaks were reported in 2011-12 are Acute Diarroheal Diseases, Food Poisoning, Measles, Viral Hepatitis, Malaria, Chikungunya, Chickenpox, Dengue and Cholera. 

(d) A total of seven districts in four States/UTs never reported weekly data for epi demic prone diseases under IDSP in 2011-12. 

State/UT wise details are given below: 
State/UTs	2011-12
Andaman &	1
Nicobar




Jharkhand 	3




Jammu &		2
Kashmir	




Lakshadweep	1


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