Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, formally launched a revised strategy for total eradication of the dreaded disease Kala Azar in Patna last week after a high level meeting attended by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi, the state’s health minister Shri Ram Dhani Singh, senior officials from the central Ministry of health & Family Welfare, representatives of WHO, IMA, state Health Mission and medical experts from the four affected states. Former Union Health Minister, Dr C.P. Thakur, was also present.
The new strategy involves carrying out active searches for people with symptoms of the disease in the 54 affected districts of the four states where the disease is known to strike –Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. Thirty three districts in Bihar, eleven of West Bengal, four in Jharkhand and six districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh of…
