| Working
Group for the formulation of Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007).
Communicable Diseases
Dated
10th January 2001
Composition:
| Secretary
Dept. of Health Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Chairman |
| Secretary,
Dept. of Biotechnology CGO Complex Lodi Road New Delhi –3 |
Member |
| Secretary,
Dept. of Science & Technology Technology Bhavan New Delhi
|
Member |
| Dr.
Prema Ramachandran Adviser (Health) Planning Commission |
Member |
| Dr.
P.L. Joshi National AIDS Control Organization Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| Director,
National Malaria Eradication Control Programme 22, Sham Nath
Marg New Delhi |
Member |
| Dr.
Lalit Kant Senior Deputy Director General ICMR, Ansari Nagar
New Delhi |
Member |
| Deputy
Director General (TB) DGHS Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| Dr.P.
Krishnamurthy, DAMIEN Foundation Trust Chennai. |
Member |
| Dr.
Jacob John Professor Emeritus (ICMR) Dept. of Virology Christian
Medical College Vellore |
Member |
| President,
Indian Medical Association New Delhi. |
Member |
| Director,
PRERNA Mumbai |
Member |
| Director
SEWA Ahmedabad |
Member |
| Dr.N.S.Dharamshaktu
DDG (Leprosy), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi –
11. |
Member |
| Director
All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Calcutta |
Member |
| Dr.
M.D. Gupte Director Institute of Epedimiology, Chennai |
Member |
| Dr.
B.B. Thakur Ex- Professor of Medicine Shri Krishna Medical College,
Muzaffarpur, Bihar |
Member |
| Dr.
Jotna Sokhey National AIDS Control Organization Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| Dr.
K.K. Datta Director National Institute of Communicable Diseases
22, Sham Nath Marg, Delhi -110054 |
Member
Secretary |
(* In case members
cannot attend for unavoidable reasons, they may depute their nominee.)
Terms
of reference :
- i) To assess
estimated burden 1996, 2001-2006
- source
of data
- accuracy,
reliability
- problems
in making estimates
- methods
for improvement in 10th Plan period
- ii) To review
Status of ongoing major disease control programmes:
- Objectives,
strategy, plan initiatives, targets and outlays during 9th
Plan
- Achievements,
problems detected, midcourse correction, utilization of funds.
- Proposed
objectives, strategies, initiatives, targets for 10th
Plan including issues of sustainability, overlapping/duplication
and verticalization.
- Strategies
to improve efficiency and- quality of services at primary/secondary/tertiary
level.
- Funding
requirements during the 10th Plan
- In view of
the above, identify priority areas for basic, clinical, applied
and operational research during the 10th Plan period
- To suggest
mechanisms of
- Involvement
of NGO/private sector/community/local self government in implementation
and monitoring the programmes proposed in the 10th Plan.
- Improve
communicable disease control services through the existing
primary/secondary health care infrastructure.
- Current pattern
of monitoring and evaluation of the existing programmes and improvement
proposed during 10th Plan
- Current status
of HMIS, disease surveillance, its quality and utilization/proposed
improvement during 10th Plan.
The following
major communicable disease control programmes will be reviewed:
- Tuberculosis
- Leprosy
- AIDS/STD
- Vector bome
diseases Malaria, Filariasis & Kala azar
- Viral diseases
J.E. Dengue, Hepatitis
- Water borne
infection/diarrheal diseases
The Chairman
of the Working Group, if deemed necessary, may constitute Sub-Groups
and also co-opt additional members.
The TA/DA of
non-official members will be paid by the Department of Health, Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare as admissible under Govt. rules.
The TA/DA of the official members would borne by parent Departments/Ministry/Organisation.
The Working
Group may submit the report by 31st March, 2001.
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