1Joint Director, National Centre for Disease Control, Government of India, Weavers Colony, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
2Assistant Professor, G. S. L. Medical College. Rajahmundry -533296, Andhra Pradesh
Online published on 23 January, 2014.
A survey was conducted in four malaria endemic, tribal dominated districts of Srikakulam, Vizainagaram, Visakhapatnam and West Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, to note the quality of ongoing Indoor Residual Spray (IRS). Both concurrent and consecutive supervision was done to find out house coverage, room coverage, house and room refusal rates, technical knowledge of spray crew and condition of pumps. A very high room refusal rate varying between 74.6 to 88.8 per cent was noted in the study areas. Outer surface of the houses and cattle sheds were sprayed with the insecticide which diluted the objective of IRS. There is a need to generate mass awareness through Behavioral Change Communication (BCC) about IRS operations in order to overcome the shortcomings.IRS operations should be carried out in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) and National Programme guide lines on the subject under strict supervision.
Indoor Residual Spray (IRS), Behavioral Change Communication (BCC), Enhanced Malaria Control Programme (EMCP), Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), Annual Parasitic Incidence (API), Slide Positivity Rate (SPR)
