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23 July 2024, 16:04 IST
Management of Dengue and Malaria via ODK App
Chittorgarh: In the course of the wet season, individuals can fall in poor health resulting from dengue and malaria attributable to mosquito bites. To stop this, the Medical and Well being Division is now taking the assistance of the ODK app to manage mosquito breeding websites.
The ODK app has three components: ODK app Vector Borne Illness, ODK app Sudhaar, and ODK app Marudhara. By way of the ODK app Vector Borne Illness, area employees add photographs of water sources with geo-tagging areas. This helps the City Improvement Division and Panchayati Raj Division to establish the scenario and take obligatory actions comparable to spraying medicines to forestall mosquito breeding.
The ODK app Sudhaar will tackle points comparable to rubbish on roads, unclean drains, water accumulation in drains, potholes on roads, and stagnant water in empty plots.
The City Improvement Division will resolve complaints associated to city areas, whereas the Panchayati Raj Division will deal with rural areas. Earlier than and after photographs of the resolved complaints will likely be uploaded on the app with geo-tagging, making certain transparency.
Home Breeding Checkers (DBC) will management mosquito breeding inside houses via the ODK app.
Stories of anti-larval and supply discount actions will likely be uploaded on the app with geo-tagging. Monitoring will likely be completed on the state and district ranges. Primarily based on the evaluation of actions carried out by DBC, high-risk areas will likely be recognized, and groups will likely be despatched to these areas to conduct anti-mosquito actions.
Digital Management
“The division is making efforts to manage dengue and malaria via digital means utilizing the ODK app. Good outcomes are anticipated from this initiative,|” stated Dr. Tarachand Gupta, Chief Medical and Well being Officer, Chittorgarh.
