Lucknow, April 15 : Focusing on prevention before treatment, the Uttar Pradesh Government on Friday launched the Dastak Abhiyan to prevent the spread of water-borne and vector-borne diseases. The campaign is scheduled to last till April 30. Speaking about the same, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while addressing a review meeting said, “The preparations will help us contain the comm cable diseases which normally erupt during the summers and rainy season.” With the aim to keep the people of Uttar Pradesh safe from comm cable diseases including encephalitis, malaria, dengue, filariasis, Chikungunya, and others, the CM has also instructed the officials to provide facilities for prevention, treatment, and medicines at the Chief Minister Jan Arogya Mela, organised every Sunday. ASHA workers and Anganwadi workers have been entrusted with the responsibility to apprise people about various water-borne and mosquito-borne diseases. They will also be making a list of people who are suffering from fever. Stating that any kind of carelessness could spiral into a scary situation, the government has stated that special efforts should be made to improve surveillance. Along with the health department, Rural development and Child development departments should also stay alert. Importantly, Uttar Pradesh, which has formed the maximum number of (more than 60,000) monitoring committees in the country, is playing a vital role in the fight against seasonal fever, mosquito, and water-borne diseases. More than 4 lakh members associated with these committees have been engaged in making people aware by visiting them door to door. To control the spread of vector-borne diseases, a Comm cable Disease Control Campaign has already been launched and weekly Chief Minister Jan Arogya Melas has also been started from April 10. The Government has asked to link the Comm cable disease campaign and Dastak Abhiyan with Jan Arogya Melas so that more and more people can be benefit. MB SY 1323