Infectious disease burden in Gujarat (2005–2011): comparison of selected infectious disease rates with India

Iyer, Veena, Shah Azhar, Gulrez, Choudhury, Nandini, Singh Dhruwey, Vidwan, Dacombe, Russell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6705-1537 and Upadhyay, Ashish (2014) 'Infectious disease burden in Gujarat (2005–2011): comparison of selected infectious disease rates with India'. Emerging Health Threats Journal, Vol 7, e22838.

Preview

Text Emerg_Health_Threat_7_22838.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (2MB)

Abstract

Background

India is known to be endemic to numerous infectious diseases. The infectious disease profile of India is changing due to increased human environmental interactions, urbanisation and climate change. There are also predictions of explosive growth in infectious and zoonotic diseases. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) was implemented in Gujarat in 2004.

Methods

We analysed IDSP data on seven laboratory confirmed infectious diseases from 2005–2011 on temporal and spatial trends and compared this to the National Health Profile (NHP) data for the same period and with other literature. We chose laboratory cases data for Enteric fever, Cholera, Hepatitis, Dengue, Chikungunya, Measles and Diphtheria in the state since well designed vertical programs do not exist for these diseases. Statistical and GIS analysis was done using appropriate software.

Results

Our analysis shows that the existing surveillance system in the state is predominantly reporting urban cases. There are wide variations among reported cases within the state with reports of Enteric fever and Measles being less than half of the national average, while Cholera, Viral Hepatitis and Dengue being nearly double.

Conclusions

We found some limitations in the IDSP system with regard to the number of reporting units and cases in the background of a mixed health system with multiplicity of treatment providers and payment mechanisms. Despite these limitations, IDSP can be strengthened into a comprehensive surveillance system capable of tackling the challenge of reversing the endemicity of these diseases and preventing the emergence of others.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 105 Epidemiology WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WC Communicable Diseases > WC 20 Research (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Infectious Mononucleosis. Arbovirus Infections > WC 528 Dengue
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v7.22838
Depositing User:	Lynn Roberts-Maloney
Date Deposited:	13 May 2015 09:12
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:09
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5143

Statistics

View details

Actions (login required)

Edit Item