BHUBANESWAR:
An operational research project called Comprehensive Case Management (CCM) -
Pilot Programme for effective malaria control was launched in the State on
Friday by Health and Family Welfare Department secretary Pradipta Kumar
Mohapatra.
The project is implemented in
partnership with National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Indian Council
of Medical Research (ICMR) and Malaria Medicine Venture (MMV), an international
foundation dedicated for developing new malaria drugs in collaboration with
World Health Organisation (WHO).
The State National Vector Borne
Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) under Health and Family Welfare Department
is the implementing agency where as NIMR and WHO are technical support
agencies. MMV would provide financial support for the research project and the
project has been approved by the Health Ministry Steering Committee of the Central
Government.
Speaking on the occasion,
Mohapatra said that early, effective and complete treatment of all malaria
positive cases in the entire population of a block is the objective of the
project. “This is because the stages of the parasite which cause fever and the
stages which are transmitted from the patient to mosquitoes are killed by
different drugs,” said Mohapatra, adding, “With the right drugs at the right
time and full follow-up we could cure the patient and prevent further
transmission to other persons in the community.”
Mohapatra said the present research
project would be implemented in three districts- Angul, Dhenkanal and Balangir having
high, moderate and low malaria burden respectively. In each district, two
blocks have been selected which are having similar geo-ecotypes and malaria
transmission features.
This type of operational research
project is being implemented for the first time in India
and South-East Asian countries as the Programme division is directly involved
in high quality research to generate evidence.
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