Lok Sabha Question No. 5678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Death of Infants
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5678 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## DEATH OF INFANTS

## 5678. SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognizance  of  the  recent  outbreak  of  disease  am children in certain States/UTs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of children who have died due to such ou during th e last three years, State/UT - wise including West Bengal;
- (c)  whether  sufficient  medical  equipments  are  available  in  hospitals  of  the  country  t diseases affecting children and to protect such children in States;
- (d) if so, the total number of children died due to the shortage of medical equipments duri last three years, State/UT - wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has prepared any list of hospitals in States/ UTs which have negligence in procurement of me dical equipments, if so, the details thereof along with the ac taken thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDC P) covers six Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs) in the country viz. Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Kala - Azar, Japanese Encephalitis, and Lymphatic Filariasis which are outbreak prone. Recent outbre Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) / Japanese Encephalitis ( JE) ha been reported from states of Assam and Bihar.

The State/UT wise details of total number of deaths including children, reported JE during the last three years including West Bengal is given in Annexure.

(c) to (e): As per constitutional provisions , Health is a S tate subject .Government of India provides technical and financial support and training to health functionaries of State Government for more effective containment and management of any disease outbreak. The Government o India  also provides  regular  financial  and  technical  support  to  the  State  Governments  un National Health Mission (NHM) and various other Tertiary sector schemes for strengthenin healthcare infrastructure in the States/UTs including for procurement of medical e quipments. No specific cases of death have been reported by States due to shortage of medical equipm Government of India.

## State/UT wise deaths due to JE during the years 2016 - 19

| S. No.            |   Affected States/ UTs |   2016 | 2017   | 2018   | 2019 (till 23.7.2019 )   |
|-------------------|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                      0 |      0 |        | 0 0    | 1                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      | 2                        |
| 3 Assam           |                     92 |     87 | 94     | 110    |                          |
| 4 Bihar           |                     25 |     11 | 11     | 1      |                          |
| Delhi             |                      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      | 5                        |
| Goa               |                      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      | 6                        |
| Haryana           |                      0 |      1 | 0      | 0      | 7                        |
| Jharkhand         |                      5 |      1 | 0      | 2      | 8                        |
| Karnataka         |                      0 |      2 | 5      | 0      | 9                        |
| Kerala            |                      0 |      0 | 2      | 0      | 10                       |
| Maharashtra       |                      1 |      0 | 1      | 1      | 11                       |
| Manipur           |                      1 |     10 | 3      | 1      | 12                       |
| Meghalaya         |                      4 |      4 | 6      | 2      | 13                       |
| Nagaland          |                      0 |      2 | 0      | 0      | 14                       |
| Odisha            |                     42 |      0 | 0      | 1      | 15                       |
| Punjab            |                      0 |      1 | 0      | 0      | 16                       |
| Tamil Nadu        |                      0 |      2 | 0      | 1      | 17                       |
| Telengana         |                      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      | 18                       |
| Tripura           |                      1 |      0 | 0      | 0      | 19                       |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                     73 |     93 | 25     | 2      | 20                       |
| Uttarakhand       |                      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      | 21                       |
| 22 West Bengal    |                     39 |     40 | 35     |        | 4                        |
| Total             |                    283 |    254 |        | 182    | 125                      |