The State Government has taken a significant initiative towards saving lives from the disease and has approved the implementation of citizen centric community surveillance model “Swasthya Kavach” as a pilot project in two blocks of Guna district and three urban slums of Bhopal city.
This initiative is being implemented by the State IDSP in association with USAID (Integrated Diseases Surveillance Programme) and John Hopkins University.
Health Commissioner Dr. Sudam Khade informed about “Swasthya Kavach” in state level training today and explained its importance.
He said that the objective of Swasthya Kavach is to strengthen the disease outbreak detection and response system.
The knowledge obtained from this initiative will be studied and the possibility of expanding it to other districts of the state will be explored.
The mobile application of “Swasthya Kavach” (for smart phone users) and interactive voice response system (for non-smart phone users) will be useful.
In this, the Community Health Officers posted at Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres will get information about health conditions.
Also, in case of a serious situation, they will be able to initiate a health response immediately.
The information will also be visible to the block, district and state health teams through a dedicated portal. Any type of case in the community or a possible outbreak of a particular disease can be identified at an early stage. Health related action will be initiated in time by the health department.
