Lok Sabha Question No. 4411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Deworming Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4411 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## DEWORMING PROGRAMME

## 4411. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a) whether India has more than 22 crore children in the age group of 1 - 14 years who are at the maximum risk of worm infection due to soil transmitted helminths;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  wheth er  the  Government  has  commenced  Deworming  Programme  in  277  districts  of  11 States, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  India  has  collaborated  with  World  Health  Organization  to  run  the  Dewormi Programme on a large scale, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has decided to take a national level initiative to bring impr in the deworming programme and to cover 536 districts under this programme and if so, details thereof?

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

- (a)& (b) : No , the state specific prevalence data for Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) annexure .
- (c) : Under  National  Health  Mission,  National  Deworming Day  (NDD)  was  launched    in February 2015 in 277 districts of 11 States/UT, including Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dad Nagar Haveli, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, an Tripura. 8.98 crore children of 1 to 19  ye ars were provided deworming treatment during the campaign.  Since 2016, the NDD programme has been scaled up to cover all the districts a the country.
- (d) : WHO has been providing logistic support to Government of India through provision deworming drug (Albendazole tablet), which fulfils partial requirement of drugs implementing the NDD programme.
- (e) : Based on STH prevalence data made available by National Centre for Disease Contro (NCDC),  NDD  programme  is  being  implemented  bi - annually  in  all the  States/UTs,  except Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where it is conducted annually.

During NDD, single dose of albendazole is administered to children from 1 - 19 years of age group through the platform of schools and anganwadi centres. NDD is being impl emented through the combined efforts of Department of School Education and Literacy under Ministr Human Resource and Development, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to ensure maximum coverage.

The NDD round wise coverage since 2016 are as follows:

| NDD round   |   Children for -1 19 years age covered (in crore) |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Feb 2016    |                                             17.91 |
| Aug 2016    |                                             11.96 |
| Feb 2017    |                                             26.04 |
| Aug 2017    |                                             22.8  |
| Feb 2018    |                                             26.68 |
| Aug 2018    |                                             22.69 |
| Feb 2019    |                                             22.12 |

| ANNEXURE   | ANNEXURE             | ANNEXURE           |
|------------|----------------------|--------------------|
| S.No       | States               | STH Prevalence (%) |
| 1          | A&N                  | 24                 |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh       | 36                 |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh    | 61                 |
| 4          | Assam                | 50                 |
| 5          | Bihar                | 35                 |
| 6          | Chandigarh           | 32                 |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh         | 73                 |
| 8          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 64                 |
| 9          | Daman & Diu          | 56                 |
| 10         | Delhi                | 29                 |
| 11         | Goa                  | 42                 |
| 12         | Gujarat              | 31                 |
| 13         | Haryana              | 46                 |
| 14         | HimachalPradesh      | 29                 |
| 15         | J&K                  | 76                 |
| 16         | Jharkhand            | 43                 |
| 17         | Karnataka            | 49                 |
| 18         | Kerala               | 47                 |
| 19         | Lakshadweep          | 64                 |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh       | 12                 |
| 21         | Maharashtra          | 29                 |
| 22         | Manipur              | 46                 |
| 23         | Meghalaya            | 48                 |
| 24         | Mizoram              | 51                 |
| 25         | Nagaland             | 64                 |
| 26         | Odisha               | 38                 |
| 27         | Puducherry           | 26                 |
| 28         | Punjab               | 39                 |
| 29         | Rajasthan            | 19                 |
| 30         | Sikkim               | 83                 |
| 31         | Tamilnadu            | 85                 |
| 32         | Telangana            | 59                 |
| 33         | Tripura              | 43                 |
| 34         | Uttar Pradesh        | 75                 |
| 35         | Uttarakhand          | 68                 |
| 36         | West Bengal          | 42                 |