CMO

Kanpur, August 10 (HS). Sarvajan Dawa Dawan (IDA) campaign for the elimination of incurable disease Filaria started in Kanpur from Saturday, which will continue till September 2. The campaign was started by Additional Director- Medical Health and Family Welfare, Kanpur Division, Kanpur (AD Health) Dr. Sanju Agarwal and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alok Ranjan by consuming medicine at Maa Kanshiram District Joint Hospital and Trauma Center. During the campaign, ASHA workers and health workers will go door-to-door and will make all people above two years of age consume medicine to prevent Filaria in front of them. Pregnant women and extremely ill people do not have to consume the medicine. Children between one and two years of age will be given only medicine to remove stomach worms.

AD Health has appealed to the people of the district to take the medicine themselves and motivate the people around them to take the medicine. The medicine should not be taken on an empty stomach. The medicine should be taken in front of the health worker only. Taking this medicine three times in three years i.e. once a year will prevent filariasis (elephantiasis and hydrocele). He administered the oath of eradication of filariasis and also signed in support of the campaign.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alok Ranjan said that the population of about 32 lakhs of the district will be given the medicine. The prescribed dose of the medicine has to be consumed in front of the ASHA worker or health worker. If any member of the house is not present when the team arrives, then he should go to the house of the ASHA worker and consume the medicine in front of her. The medicine to prevent filariasis kills its parasites in the body, in response to which sometimes symptoms like headache, body ache, fever, vomiting and rashes on the body appear. These symptoms get cured automatically and those who are having these symptoms should be happy that they are getting free from filariasis.

District malaria officer Arun Kumar Singh said that filariasis is the second leading cause of long-term disability in the world. Once elephantiasis or hydrocele occurs, it can only be controlled, it cannot be cured completely. Taking medicine is the best solution.

On this occasion, the nodal officer of Vector Borne Disease Control Program, Dr. RP Mishra, ACMO RCH Dr. Ramit Rastogi, all ACMOs and Deputy CMOs, CMS of the hospital, senior consultant, AMO, all malaria inspectors, representatives of partner organizations such as World Health Organization, CFA, PCI and FHI were prominently present.