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GMOA wants fight against mosquitos coordinated
With malaria, dengue, filariasis and Japanese encephalitis raising their heads in many parts of the country, the Government Medical Officers Association has decided to pressurize the government into coordinating the activities of all units dealing with vector-borne diseases.

Even though the need for coordination between the units was accepted in principle by the Health Ministry two years ago, it is yet to be implemented. Provision had been made through a Cabinet Paper and a memorandum dated 6.11.2002 by the Health Minister to appoint a Vector-borne Diseases Control Director to coordinate the units. The post is still vacant .

The streamlining of vector-borne disease units would make for more effective functioning since resources could be pooled and shared, the GMOA has said.

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