National Centre for Disease Control issues SoPs to check water contamination, prevent diseases

NEW DELHI: Identifying water quality hotspots at the block level, regular testing at both source and household levels and community sensitisation on water-borne diseases are among the guidelines issued by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to combat illnesses arising out of water contamination.

Issued recently, the guidelines outline standard operating procedures (SoPs) for joint action between ministries of health and jal shakti for timely detection, prevention, management, and control of water-related diseases due to biological and chemical contaminants, and their related health impacts through timely response.

The NCDC said that water contamination and poor sanitation are directly linked to water-borne diseases like acute diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, hepatitis A, and water-washed diseases such as scabies and other skin and eye diseases that are often reported as outbreaks.

Source: PTI News

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