National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

Table -2 Activity schedule for the first year
Result Indicator Activity
Adequate
Microscopy
centers are
established
in the
districts
No. of
microscopy
centers
functional
in private
sector and
government
Listing the labs for
microscopy
Invite proposal from
pvt. Sector
Short list the labs
Train the technicians
Sign the MOU
Monitor results and
service quality
Review the
arrangements
Time
schedule
Oct 08
Oct 08
Dec 08
Jan 09
Jan 09
Ongoing
April 09
Responsi
bility
District
District,
state
District,
state
District
District,
state
State ,
NVBDCP
NVBDCP
Apex
microscopy
centre
established
Functioning
apex lab.
NIMR is strengthened
for Quality assurance
by way of staff and
equipment
Jan 09
NVBDCP/
NIMR
5.1.2. Sub-Component 1.b: Strengthening of Malaria Surveillance
Surveillance will be primarily based on the examination of blood samples
from suspected malaria cases, i.e., Passive Case Detection (PCD). Initially,
tentative annual targets for the number of patients to be tested in PCD,
e.g., 10% in highly endemic areas, will be set by the project districts. After
gaining some experience, NVBDCP will prepare norms adapted to different
epidemiological situations. At present RDKs sensitive both for Pf and Pv will
not be introduced by the programme since conclusive evidence is awaited.
To ensure continuity in surveillance and support quality control of the two
methods of confirmatory diagnosis, blood slides will be collected initially
from all patients suspected of malaria, whether or not an RDK test is given.
After two years, the need for taking blood-slides will be reviewed. It is
hoped, that at the end of second year, RDKs sensitive to both Pf and Pv will
be available.
Active case detection will be undertaken in high risk areas where the
outreach is poor. Various options will be tried to net fever cases in
collaboration with IDSP. Active case detection will also be done when there
is a clustering of fever cases in the community or there is concern about
malaria outbreak. For fever surveillance, the health care provider would
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