CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) was launched by Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare in November 2004 for a period upto March 2010. The project was restructured and extended up to March 2012.

Detailed explanation-2: -Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) was launched with World Bank assistance in November 2004 to detect and respond to disease outbreaks quickly.

Detailed explanation-3: -4.2 Definition of Presumptive Surveillance: Under IDSP, the Medical Officers at PHCs, CHCs, district hospitals, private hospitals at the district or sub-district level and private medical practitioners will conduct syndromic surveillance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a strategy adopted by countries in the WHO African Region for implementing comprehensive public health surveillance and response systems for priority diseases, conditions and events at all levels of health systems.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) was designed and developed for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (MoHFW) under the leadership of Smt. Preeti Sudan, Secretary of Health and Family Welfare and Mr Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary for Public Health and International Health.