GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1959 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29th DECEMBER, 2017

DIARRHOEA

1959. SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) Whether a large number of people suffer from diarrhoea in the country including Bihar;

(b) if so, the details and the reasons therefor;

(c) the number of persons died due to diarrhoea in the country, State/UT-wise, and

(d) the necessary steps taken by the Government along with funds allocated for the same, State/UT-wise?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (c): The primary cause of diarrhoeal diseases is due to consumption of contaminated water and food. The States/UTs wise cases and deaths as reported by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) due to Acute Diarrhoeal Disease during the current year are placed at Annexure I.

(d): Health is a State subject and the responsibility for providing healthcare facilities to patients primarily lies with the respective State Government. However, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides financial and technical assistance to State/UT Government under National Health Mission (NHM) for strengthening of primary and secondary health care facilities to effectively respond to health care needs including health problems arising due to Acute Diarrhoeal Disease.

Further, under Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, States/UTs are provided with additional contractual manpower, training of identified Rapid Response Team (RRT) members for outbreak investigations, strengthening of laboratories for detection of epidemic prone diseases, IT equipment for data entry, analysis and data transfer, and provision of funds for operationalization. Funds are released under IDSP to all the States as grant –in –aid to undertake diseases surveillance and outbreak response activities. The funds released to all States/UTs under IDSP are at Annexure II. Annexure I

State/UT wise Cases and Deaths due to Acute Diarrhoeal Disease, 2017(Prov.)

Sl No State / U.T. Cases Deaths Ref. Period from Jan. 2017 upto 1 Andhra Pradesh 651882 3 Sep. 17 2 4826 1 Aug.17 3 117031 161 Sep. 17 4 Bihar 293540 14 Sep. 17 5 Chhattisgarh 135902 17 Sep. 17 6 Goa 7271 5 Apr. 17 7 Gujarat 516186 0 Sep. 17 8 Haryana 186750 11 Sep. 17 9 Himachal Pradesh 247993 21 Sep. 17 10 J & K 410190 3 Sep. 17 11 Jharkhand 63487 0 Sep. 17 12 Karnataka 660193 15 Sep. 17 13 Kerala 330376 6 Sep. 17 14 Madhya Pradesh 457892 75 Sep. 17 15 Maharashtra 442419 3 Sep. 17 16 23942 14 Sep. 17 17 83466 3 Aug. 17 18 9414 5 Sep. 17 19 9573 3 Sep. 17 20 Odisha 444650 43 Sep. 17 21 Punjab 137303 16 Aug. 17 22 Rajasthan 660644 1 Sep. 17 23 28115 0 Sep. 17 24 Tamil Nadu 317374 1 Sep. 17 25 Telangana 344653 1 Sep. 17 26 59852 5 Sep. 17 27 Uttarakhand 73055 4 Aug.17 28 Uttar Pradesh 962459 250 Sep. 17 29 West Bengal 1296683 44 Sep. 17 30 A & N Islands 9616 0 Aug.17 31 Chandigarh 41833 37 Sep. 17 32 D & N Haveli 30720 8 Sep. 17 33 Daman & Diu 10612 0 Aug.17 34 Delhi 86981 63 Sep. 17 35 Lakshadweep 2090 0 May.17 36 Puducherry 71599 7 Sep. 17 Total 9230572 840 Source: National Health Profile brought out by CBHI, Dte.GHS Annexure II INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME (As on 09.12.17 in Rs in Lakhs)

S. No. States/UTs Release 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 A 1 Andhra Pradesh 122.48 112.5 163 113 2 Gujarat 400 325 400 300 3 Karnataka 270.5 300 490 263 4 Maharashtra 280 225 240 0 5 Punjab 168.75 325.92 400 188 6 Rajasthan 325 325 400 263.25 7 Tamil Nadu 325 350 440 0 8 Uttarakhand 45 200 187.5 135 9 West Bengal 250 200 200 150 10 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 9 5.25 0 30 11 Bihar 200 210 172.5 100 12 Chandigarh 40 23.25 40 38 13 Chhattisgarh 60 200 150 0 14 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 21 32.17 17.5 38 15 Daman & Diu 6.01 50 17.5 38 16 Delhi 56.25 105 75 113 17 Goa 45 40 37.5 20 18 Haryana 150 180 150 135 19 Himachal Pradesh 70 70 60 44 20 J&K 127.5 250 250 195 21 Jharkhand 112.5 220 100 100 22 Kerala 101.25 150 200 135 23 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 5 24 Madhya Pr. 350 300 225 100 25 Odisha 350 325 150 0 26 Puducherry 70 65 75 75 27 Uttar Pradesh 300 300 337.5 300 B Telangana 87.53 125 105 98 28 Arunachal Pr. 152.24 220 203 0 29 Assam 206.25 404 341 250 30 Manipur 96.25 75 75 0 31 Meghalaya 45 100 52.5 36 32 Mizoram 97.5 100 67.5 68 33 Nagaland 120 150 105 0 34 Sikkim 50 40 37.5 0 35 Tripura 50 40 37.5 34 Sub Total OTNE 4342.77 5014.09 5083 2976.25 Sub Total NE 817.24 1129 919 388 Grand Total 5160.01 6143.09 6002 3364.25