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Assessment of Epidemiological Implications Due to Serial Tropical Cyclones in India: Introspecting the Recent Sanitation Interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2020

Dandabathula Giribabu Open the ORCID record for Dandabathula Giribabu [Opens in a new window] ,
Venkata Ramana Muvva ,
Nitin Kumar Joshi  and
Srinivasa S. Rao
Dandabathula Giribabu*
Affiliation:
Regional Remote Sensing Centre – West, NRSC/ISRO, Jodhpur, India
Venkata Ramana Muvva
Affiliation:
Earth and Climatic Sciences Area, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad
Nitin Kumar Joshi
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur
Srinivasa S. Rao
Affiliation:
Regional Remote Sensing Centre – West, NRSC/ISRO, Jodhpur, India
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Correspondence and reprint requests to Dandabathula Giribabu, Regional Remote Sensing Centre – West, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Sector 9, KBHB, Bypass Road, Jodhpur – 342005, Rajasthan, India (e-mail: dgb.isro@gmail.com).
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Abstract

Objectives:

The Indian subcontinent is prone to tropical cyclones that used to originate in the North Indian Ocean. Through this study, an inventory of disease outbreaks for the tropical cyclone-affected regions from 2010 to 2018 has been compiled. This inventory is used to assess the success of recent sanitation intervention, Swachh Bharat Mission, also known as the Clean India Mission.

Methods:

Meteorological parameters from the Indian satellites were used to demarcate the cyclone-affected area. Disease outbreaks and epidemics during the tropical cyclones were compiled from the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program and other relevant sources. The inventory has been used to track the effect of recent sanitation interventions on disease outbreaks.

Results:

Districts in the eastern coast of India are frequently affected due to tropical cyclones that have originated from the North Indian Ocean. Infectious diseases like the acute diarrheal diseases, vector-borne diseases, viral fevers, enteric fevers, and food poisoning have recursively occurred during the cyclonic events and persisted up to 2 weeks from the cyclonic episode. The effectiveness of the Clean India Mission is evident during the recent cyclones, Ockhi, Titli, and Gaja, where a significantly lower number of infectious disease outbreaks were recorded.

Conclusions:

The Clean India Mission has exhibited positive results on the public health consequences associated with tropical cyclones.

Keywords

Clean India Missiondisease outbreaksfood poisoninginfectious diseasesSwachh Bharat Missiontropical cyclonesvector-borne diseases
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 181 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © 2020 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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