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Sur Vei Llan Ce: Infectious Disease Surveillance in India
Sur Vei Llan Ce: Infectious Disease Surveillance in India
Sur Vei Llan Ce: Infectious Disease Surveillance in India
Disease
c e Surveillance
ll a n in
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Su r India
1. What is Surveillance?
2. India and Infectious diseases
3. NSPCD
4. IDSP
5. DLDS - Kottayam
Sur vei
l l an ce
Surveillance
Surveillance is the
ongoing
systematic collection
collation
analysis and interpretation of data
and
the dissemination of information to those who
need to know
in order that action may be taken
Sur vei
l l an ce
Before starting Surveillance
Establish objectives
Develop case definition
Identify data source and data collection mechanism
Develop data collection instrument
Field testing of methods
Develop and test analytic mechanism
Develop dissemination mechanism
Mechanisms to ensure use of analysis and interpretation
Evaluation
Sur vei
l l an ce
India
HIV / AIDS
Dengue Poliomyelitis
HIV TB co-infection Tuberculosis
Japanese Encephalitis Neonatal Tetanus
Leptospirosis Measles
MDR Infections
Eradicated Smallpox, Guinea worm disease
Eliminated Yaws
Emerging Avian Influenza, Nipah, H1N1, etc
Adapted from: Dr. D.C.Jain; Disease Surveillance in India; NICD 2006
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The Government of India realized the
anc
eill
Sur v importance of Disease surveillance after:
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Sur vei
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Drawbacks
Integrated
Disease
Surveillance
Project
Sur vei
l l an ce
IDSP
Launched in 2005
Decentralised programme with District as the
hub
Case based reporting
CD & NCD and their risk factors
Integration with surveillance mechanisms of
other National Programmes
Sur vei
l l an ce
IDSP
Phase I
Madhya Pradesh, Andhra, Himachal, Karnataka, Kerala,
Maharashtra, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu & Uttaranchal
Phase II
Chattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Orissa, Rajasthan, West
Bengal, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Chandigarh,
Pondicherry, Nagaland, Delhi
Phase III
UP, Bihar, J&K, Punjab, Jharkhand, Arunachal, Assam, Sikkim,
A&N Island, D&N Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep
Sur vei
l l an ce
Objectives of IDSP
STDs HIV/HBV/HCV
Anthropometry
Nutrition
Others
Blindness
Medical Colleges
Dt. Hospitals
Pvt. Hospitals District Surveillance Unit
Other Hospitals
Laboratories
District Level
Disease
Surveillance
Kottayam
Sur vei
l l an ce
DLDS
A disease surveillance model developed in the North Arcot district, Tamil Nadu with
district as the surveillance unit
1980s Pre-formatted, printed, self-addressed post cards with affixed postage stamps used for
reporting cases
Monthly disease summary bulletin -‘NAD health information’ or NADHI for short
This committee recommended that the ‘NADHI model’ of disease surveillance should
be replicated in all districts of the country
MOHFW, Kerala decided to replicate this model with some modifications – pilot in one
1998
district and if found feasible, to expand it to all districts in a phased manner
July
DLDS Pilot project in Kottayam district – financial support from CMC, Vellore
1999
Sur vei
l l an ce
Kottayam DLDS
List of diseases finalised (Group of Drs from Govt Medical College,
TVM + Govt & Pvt hospitals)
Pre-formatted business reply cards used (to avoid distribution of
postage stamps)
Addressed to Dy. DMO(H) – Nodal Officer i/c of DLDS
Training –
• All MOs of the local PHCs and CHCs
• All administrators or medical superintendents
• Physicians and paediatricians of all hospitals in the government and
private sectors in the towns and all nearby places
• DMO(H), Dy. DMO(H), supervisory staff in the office of the DMOH
Manual detection of any clustering in time or space – investigation
by staff of health system
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Kottayam DLDS
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Sur
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Disease Reporting Card
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Kottayam DLDS
January 2001 5 post cards from one locality reported ‘ food poisoning’
Investigation showed that over 100 persons attending a wedding party
were affected but none fatally
Only the bridegroom’s relatives were affected, not the bride’s - As hosts,
the bride’s family had served but not taken the welcome drink of fresh
lemon juice.
The caterer had used the easily available well water near the party hall -
the water was heavily contaminated with faecal coliforms
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l l an ce
DLDS
Government accepted the first year’s performance of Kottayam
DLDS as satisfactory
Replicated in two more districts – Alappuzha (2000) and
Ernakulam (2001)
2001-2002 - DLDS extended to other districts
October 2002 - all 14 districts in the State have established DLDS
System was handed over to the state health department for
further management
Based on the success of DLDS the government has agreed to
expand the role of the Kerala State Institute of Virology and
Infectious Diseases (KSIVID) to be the nodal centre to supervise
district level laboratories, to train personnel in microbiology and
epidemiology and to conduct outbreak investigations.
Sur vei
l l an ce
Bouquets and brickbats