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Integrated Disease Surveillance Program unit of Odisha Honoured For Its Excellent Work In Public Health Surveillance

in State News November 4, 2024 Comments Off on Integrated Disease Surveillance Program unit of Odisha Honoured For Its Excellent Work In Public Health Surveillance 272 Views

New Delhi: 4/11/24:The Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) unit of Odisha was honored for its excellent work in public health surveillance at the 20th commemorative event of IDSP held in New Delhi.

This recognition is a testament to the team’s dedication and commitment to safeguarding public health in the state.

Additional Director, of Public Health Dr Pramila Baral, and Joint Director-cum-SSO IDSP Dr. Ashok Kumar Paikaray accepted the honour on behalf of the Health and Family Welfare Department, Odisha government.

The State Surveillance Unit functions round the clock during natural disasters such as floods and cyclones to ensure timely detection and response to disease outbreaks.

The control room operates 24 x 7 to monitor disease trends, analyze data, and coordinate with district and higher health officials. It regularly monitors the real-time disease data entered into the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) for surveillance

The surveillance unit has been detecting and investigating outbreaks of vector-borne diseases, foodborne illnesses and waterborne diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, and diseases of zoonotic origin to prevent outbreaks. As many as 32 District Public Health Laboratories and 30 RTPCR laboratories have been established, upgraded, and strengthened to diagnose the outbreak diseases in the State
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It has been regularly reviewing and analyzing the epidemiological and laboratory data each Tuesday and Thursday and monitoring the performance of district surveillance units regularly.
The Unit has been organizing training programs for healthcare providers on disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and laboratory techniques. It has joined hands with other departments such as Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Water Resources, School and Mass Education, and some others for surveillance of diseases of public health importance.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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