Dastak Campaign | 16 Apr 2022

On April 15, 2022, the Uttar Pradesh government launched the Dastak Abhiyan to prevent the spread of water-borne and vector-borne diseases.

The campaign launched with the aim of keeping the people of Uttar Pradesh safe from various communicable diseases including Encephalitis, Malaria, Dengue, Filariasis and Chikungunya will continue till April 30.
Under this campaign, ASHA and Anganwadi workers have been entrusted with the responsibility of making people aware of various water-borne and mosquito-borne diseases.
Significantly, Uttar Pradesh, which has constituted the maximum number of monitoring committees in the country (over 60,000), is playing a vital role in the fight against seasonal fever, mosquito and water-borne diseases.
In addition to this, a weekly Mukhyamantri Jan-Arogya Mela has already been started along with a communicable disease control campaign to control the spread of vector-borne diseases.