Thursday, May 27, 2010

GLOBAL HEALTH INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM- I.E.C. MODEL


AN EXPERIENCE BY DR.R. KIRUBAKARAN. MBBS.DPH, FORMER SEA PORT HEALTH OFFCIAL,TAMILNAD & FORMER STATE LHA (JD-PFA)/NOW RETIRED FREE CONSULTANT/PARTOGRAM MISSION

THREE DECADES AGO, WHEN WE WERE WORKING FOR THE POST-CYCLONE, AFFECTED POPULATIONS, OUR HEALTH STAFF, COULD ABLE TO FIND OUT , A TYPICAL SEVERE FORM OF CHICKEN-FOX AT A PASSENGER SHIP AND INFORMED ME FOR ACTION. SHIP WAS BELONGING TO A PRIVATE COMPANY.
IN THIS EPISODE , THERE MAY BE SOME DISCOMFORT TO PASSENGERS NOTICED WITH SOME OBJECTIONS FROM A FEW, ALL OTHER AUTHORITIES CONCERNED IN THIS , CO-OPERATED TO TAKE " PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL" ACTION FOR THE ISSUE OF ' PRATIQUE ' AFTER COMPLETE SCREENING OF ALL PASSENGERS AND SHIP CREW , DISINFECTIONS etc
" PRATIQUE" MEANS = ACCORD PERMISSION TO TRADE AFTER QUARATINE / PERMISSION TO SHOW A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.

HENCE , EVEN NOW I AM PROUD OF SAYING THAT WE HAVE PREVENTED AN OUT BREAK BY OUR , HEALTHSTAFF'S TIMELY CASE DETECTION ,TREATMENT ,DISINFECTION, ALL TAKING ALL KINDS OF PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL INFECTIONSAND SATISFIED FOR THE SUCCESS FUL PREVENTION OF IMPORTING A SEVERE FORM OF CHICKEN-POX TO OUR LAND/COUNTRY.

BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCES, THE "GLOBAL DISEASE TRANSMITTING MODEL + INSULATORS" HEALTH- EDUCATION PICTURE WAS DESIGNED BY US AND PUBLISHED THROUGH DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, CHENNAI -600 006, WHICH WERE USEFUL IN ALL PLACES WHERE EVER WE NOTICED OUT BREAKS IN CITY TOWNS ,VILLAGES,& HABITATIONS,SCHOOLS, ( AS AN EDUCATIVE MATERIAL)

"INSULATORS " MEANS PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AS INDICATED IN THE PICTURE BY HEALTH PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES/ UP KEEP OF SANITATION etc... /FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS /THE FIVE LEVELS OF PREVENTIONS CAN BE TAUGHT.
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