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The Integrated Disease Surveillance Project is a decentralized, State based surveillance programme in the country. It is intended to detect early warning signals of impending outbreak to initiate an effective, timely response. It also aims to provide essential data to monitor progress of ongoing disease control programme and help allocate health resources more efficiently.
IDSP Surveillance Units of Nagaland
The IDSP in Nagaland has been initiated in the year 2004, and implemented in the later part of 2005 with the formation of State Surveillance Unit and 11 Surveillance Units.
The surveillance procedure is carried out at each level, starting from the Primary Health Centre (PHC):
1. Collection of data.
2. Compilation of data
3. Analysis and interpretation
4. Follow up action
5. Feedback.
Objectives:
The overall objective is to provide a rational basis for decision-making and implementing public health inventions and to establish a decentralized district based system of surveillance for communicable and non-communicable diseases so that timely and effective Public Health Actions can be initiated in response to Health challenges in the Urban and Rural Areas.
It also aims to integrate existing surveillance activities so as to avoid duplication and facilitate sharing of information across all disease control programmes and other stake holders so that valid data is available for Health decision making at District State and National Levels.
All outbreaks cannot be predicted or prevented. However, precautionary measures can be taken to reduce and minimize the scale of outbreaks. Six key elements in this include detection and notification of health event, investigation and confirmation, collection of data, analysis and interpretation of data. o Feedback and dissemination of data and response
Some of the diseases under regular surveillance are Malaria, Diarrhoeal Disease, Typhoid, Tuberculosis, Measles, Polio, Plague, Meningoencephalitis/ (Respiratory Distress Hemorrhagic fevers, other undiagnosed conditions), HIV/HBV, HCV; besides other conditions such as water quality, outdoor air quality (large urban centers) and NCD risk factors like Anthropometry, Physical activity, Blood Pressure, Tobacco, Nutrition, Blindness.
In case of abrupt increase of any diseases mentioned above, the Department has requested concerned individuals to kindly contact their nearest District Surveillance Unit or the State Surveillance Unit.
A DIPR Feature
(Source: Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland)
