Lok Sabha Question No. 2686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-17
Subject: Novel Dengue Control Method
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2686 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 7 th MARCH, 2017

## NOVEL DENGUE CONTROL METHOD

## 2686. SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes,  collaborate  with  Australia's agencies for a project that will  use  bacteria to  kill  the  disease  transmitting  ability  of  a mosquito species  which  afflicts thousands of people with deng ue;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has formed  a  task  force  to  implement  the tec nological breakthrough  provided  by Australian  experts  to  manipulate mosquitoes  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;

(d)  whether  the  Government  is considering  to  work  out  other  ideas  to control  the  spread  of mosquito - bornediseases and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the number of deaths due to Dengue and other mosquito - borne diseases and other corrective measures taken in this regard during the last three years in India, State/UT - wise?

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

(a) to (c): A Task Force on Dengue control has been formulated and ICMR has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Monash University,  Australia under the 'Eliminate Dengue Program  Collaboration'  on  7 th February,  2017.  The  collaboration  with  Monash  University proposes to develop a strategy and test the efficacy of Wolbachia -based Ae. aegypti (mosquito transmitting deng ue) control in India. Wolbachia are bacteria that are naturally found in a few insects  including  mosquitoes.  Among  mosquitoes  they  have  not  been  naturally  found Ae.aegypti and Anopheles species.

The  mosquito  strains  with Wolbachia are  considered  Biolo gical  Control  Agents for vector borne diseases control.

(d) to (e): The Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) is the nodal agency for implementation of National Programme for Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs) including control and prevention of outbreaks of VBDs.

The  National  Institute  of  Virology,  Pune  has  developed  an  indigenous  Japane Encephalitis (JE) vaccine JenVac in public private partnership with Bharat Biotech.

The Government of India has initiated vaccination with Chinese JE vaccine SA - 14- 14- 2 in endemic districts of India in 2006 against Japanese Encephalitis. The number of deaths Dengue and other mosquito - borne diseases during the last three years in India, State/UT - wise is given at Annexur e.

| DEATHS DUE TO DENGUE   | DEATHS DUE TO DENGUE   |   DEATHS DUE TO DENGUE | DEATHS DUE TO DENGUE   | DEATHS DUE TO DENGUE   |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.                | Affected States/UTs    |                   2014 | 2015 (Prov.)           | 201 6*                 |
| 1                      | Andhra Pradesh         |                      5 | 2                      | 2                      |
| 2                      | Arunachal Pradesh      |                      0 | 1                      | 0                      |
| 3                      | Assam                  |                      0 | 1                      | 4                      |
| 4                      | Bihar                  |                      0 | 0                      | 0                      |
| 5                      | Chattisgarh            |                      9 | 1                      | 0                      |
| 6                      | Goa                    |                      1 | 0                      | 0                      |
| 7                      | Gujarat                |                      3 | 9                      | 14                     |
| 8                      | Haryana                |                      2 | 13                     | 0                      |
| 9                      | Himachal Pradesh       |                      0 | 1                      | 0                      |
| 10                     | J & K                  |                      0 | 0                      | 0                      |
| 11                     | Jharkhand              |                      0 | 0                      | 1                      |
| 12                     | Karnataka              |                      2 | 9                      | 8                      |
| 13                     | Kerala                 |                     11 | 25                     | 12                     |
| 14                     | Madhya Pradesh         |                     13 | 8                      | 12                     |
| 15                     | Meghalaya              |                      0 | 0                      | 0                      |
| 16                     | Maharashtra            |                     54 | 23                     | 32                     |
| 17                     | Manipur                |                      0 | 0                      | 1                      |
| 18                     | Mizoram                |                      0 | 0                      | 0                      |
| 19                     | Nagaland               |                      0 | 1                      | 0                      |
| 20                     | Orissa                 |                      9 | 2                      | 11                     |
| 21                     | Punjab                 |                      8 | 18                     | 11                     |
| 22                     | Rajasthan              |                      7 | 7                      | 16                     |
| 23                     | Sikkim                 |                      0 | 0                      | 0                      |
| 24                     | Tamil Nadu             |                      3 | 12                     | 5                      |
| 25                     | Tripura                |                      0 | 0                      | 0                      |
| 26                     | Telangana              |                      1 | 2                      | 4                      |

| DEATHS DUE TO MALARIA   | DEATHS DUE TO MALARIA   |   DEATHS DUE TO MALARIA |   DEATHS DUE TO MALARIA |   DEATHS DUE TO MALARIA |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.                 | Affected States/UTs     |                    2014 |                    2015 |                    2016 |
| 1                       | Andhra Pradesh          |                       0 |                       0 |                       0 |
| 2                       | Arunachal Pradesh       |                       9 |                       7 |                       0 |
| 3                       | Assam                   |                      11 |                       4 |                       5 |
| 4                       | Bihar                   |                       0 |                       1 |                       0 |
| 5                       | Chattisgarh             |                      53 |                      21 |                       0 |
| 6                       | Goa                     |                       0 |                       1 |                       0 |
| 7                       | Gujarat                 |                      16 |                       7 |                       2 |
| 8                       | Haryana                 |                       1 |                       3 |                       0 |
| 9                       | Himachal Pradesh        |                       0 |                       0 |                       0 |
| 10                      | J & K                   |                       0 |                       0 |                       0 |
| 11                      | Jharkhand               |                       8 |                       6 |                      10 |
| 12                      | Karnataka               |                       2 |                       0 |                       0 |
| 13                      | Kerala                  |                       6 |                       4 |                       1 |
| 14                      | Madhya Pradesh          |                      26 |                      24 |                       1 |
| 15                      | Maharashtra             |                      68 |                      59 |                      25 |
| 16                      | Manipur                 |                       0 |                       0 |                       0 |
| 17                      | Meghalaya               |                      73 |                      79 |                      24 |
| 18                      | Mizoram                 |                      31 |                      21 |                       1 |
| 19                      | Nagaland                |                       2 |                       3 |                       0 |
| 20                      | Orissa                  |                      89 |                      80 |                      77 |
| 21                      | Punjab                  |                       0 |                       0 |                       1 |
| 22                      | Rajasthan               |                       4 |                       3 |                       0 |
| 23                      | Sikkim                  |                       0 |                       0 |                       0 |
| 24                      | Tamil Nadu              |                       0 |                       0 |                       0 |
| 25                      | Telangana               |                       0 |                       4 |                       1 |
| 26                      | Tripura                 |                      96 |                      21 |                      15 |

## . ANNEXURE

| DEATHS DUE TO JAPANESE ENCHEPHALITIS   | DEATHS DUE TO JAPANESE ENCHEPHALITIS   |   DEATHS DUE TO JAPANESE ENCHEPHALITIS |   DEATHS DUE TO JAPANESE ENCHEPHALITIS |   DEATHS DUE TO JAPANESE ENCHEPHALITIS |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                | Affected States/UTs                    |                                   2014 |                                   2015 |                                   2016 |
| 1                                      | Andhra Pradesh                         |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 2                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                      |                                      3 |                                      2 |                                      0 |
| 3                                      | Assam                                  |                                    165 |                                    135 |                                     92 |
| 4                                      | Bihar                                  |                                      2 |                                     12 |                                     25 |
| 5                                      | Delhi                                  |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 6                                      | Goa                                    |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 7                                      | Haryana                                |                                      1 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 8                                      | Jharkhand                              |                                      2 |                                      8 |                                      5 |
| 9                                      | Karnataka                              |                                      0 |                                      1 |                                      0 |
| 10                                     | Kerala                                 |                                      2 |                                      1 |                                      0 |
| 11                                     | Maharashtra                            |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      1 |
| 12                                     | Manipur                                |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      1 |
| 13                                     | Meghalaya                              |                                      3 |                                      8 |                                      4 |
| 14                                     | Nagaland                               |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 15                                     | Orissa                                 |                                      0 |                                      2 |                                     42 |
| 16                                     | Punjab                                 |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 17                                     | Tamil Nadu                             |                                      3 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 18                                     | Telangana                              |                                      0 |                                      1 |                                      0 |
| 19                                     | Tripura                                |                                      0 |                                      4 |                                      1 |
| 20                                     | Uttar Pradesh                          |                                     34 |                                     42 |                                     73 |
| 21                                     | Uttarakhand                            |                                      0 |                                      0 |                                      0 |
| 22                                     | West Bengal                            |                                     78 |                                     75 |                                     39 |
| Total                                  | Total                                  |                                    293 |                                    291 |                                    283 |

| 27   | Uttar Pradesh   | 0   | 9   | 42   | 27    | Uttrakhand    |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|-----------------|-----|-----|------|-------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|
| 28   | Uttrakhand      | 0   | 1   | 4    | 28    | Uttar Pradesh |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 29   | West Bengal     | 4   | 14  | 34   | 29    | West Bengal   |  66 |  34 |  59 |
| 30   | A& N Island     | 0   | 0   | 0    | 30    | A& N Island   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh      | 0   | 1   | 0    | 31    | Chandigarh    |   0 |   1 |   0 |
| 32   | Delhi           | 3   | 60  | 10   | 32    | D&N Haveli    |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| 33   | D&N Haveli      | 1   | 0   | 2    | 33    | Daman & Diu   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 34   | Daman & Diu     | 0   | 0   | 0    | 34    | Delhi         |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 35   | Puduchery       | 1   | 0   | 2    | 35    | Lakshadweep   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Total           | 137 | 220 | 227  | 36    | Puduchery     |   0 |   1 |   0 |
|      |                 |     |     |      | Total |               | 562 | 384 | 242 |

* Provisional till 31st Dec. 2016