National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

incentives to assist kala-azar patients to mitigate the loss of income
during kala-azar treatment should be explored.
The programme should ensure practice of uniform standards in the
public and private sector through training, effective dissemination of
national treatment guidelines, oversight of diagnosis and treatment by
private providers and establishing working public private partnerships.
The existing effective interventions (e.g. ‘rK39’, miltefosine) and new
tools (paromomycin) should be introduced as appropriate and an action
plan to achieve a high coverage by these tools (target to be set by the
NVBDCP) should be achieved.
The passive case detection system should be strengthened through line
listing, data management, timely reporting and feedback. This should be
supplemented through sentinel surveillance and periodic surveys using
IDR 2006 data as the base-line.
Vector control should be planned well ahead of the IRS operations (at
least 3-4 months). In 2008 the plan should be based on regular annual
studies on vector behaviour, bionomics and level of susceptibility of the
vector. The programme should consider ‘covering hot spots’ in an
intensive manner through focal spraying.
The NVBDCP should monitor the quality of insecticide, and equipments
used for IRS and assist the states to maintain adequate capacity for
implementing, and monitoring coverage and quality of IRS.
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