An awareness campaign titled ‘Back to Basics’ will sensitize the public about the need for vaccination. Announcements will be made from a vehicle in areas like Kochi corporation and Thrikkakkara municipality.
The alarming rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the city has sent a shock wave among the public and district administration. Now, health officials have spotted several areas where certain water-borne diseases have been reported and have started a combined campaign to reduce the spread of the diseases.
Officials said that Jaundice (Hepatitis A), Shigella, and dysentery cases are spreading in many areas of the district. There was a need for a huge awareness campaign as well as combined preventive measures to face this challenge with limited resources as most of the resources are already being used to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said.
“As a first step, once in a week, an awareness campaign is being organized in all the wards of the district. Members of the Kudumbasree, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), and representatives from the District Medical Officer (DMO) are visiting each house in the ward to spread awareness about the impending danger,” said an official from the DMO.
The fatality rate of leptospirosis is about 15 to 20 percent while in the case of Covid, it is less than five percent. Because of rising deaths, Mrithasanjeevani, an awareness program was initiated on November 5. There is also an ongoing campaign, ‘Swayam’, to take precaution against COVID-19. So, the department has combined these two campaigns along with the ‘My Health, My Responsibility and ‘Zero Aedes’ campaigns to tackle the spread of these diseases.
Preventive measures:
* Avoid welcome drink during functions
* Drink only boiled water
* Do not mix normal water with boiled water
* Chlorinate well water
* Avoid drinking water from outside, take bottles of boiled water along with you
* Avoid eating outside
* Keep food and water in closed containers
* Clean hands with soap before eating food and after using the toilet
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