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New Delhi, Feb 28 The Centre has said that daily surveillance on heat-related illnesses under National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH) in all states and districts will be conducted on Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) from March 1.The move follows a rise in temperature that has already touched unusual high at some places in the country and substantial deviations from expected normal temperatures for this time of the year.In a letter to the Chief Secretary of states and UTs, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has asked them to ensure that all the health facilities participate using existing P-form level login information and continue to keep line lists of cases and deaths as per the prescribed formats."I draw your attention to 'National Action Plan on Heat Related Illnesses' and would request you to disseminate this guidance document to all districts within your State for effective preparedness of health department and health facilities to address heat impact and management of cases arising because of it, record maintenance and surveillance etc", Bhushan said in the letter.He has said to ensure implementation of heat-related health action plans and support in planning, managing and assessing response to heat along with responding agencies.The letter reads, "Health Departments of the State must continue efforts on sensitisation and capacity building of medical officers, health staff, grass-roots level workers on heat illness, its early recognition and management. Training manuals developed by NCDC on these subjects are available and may be used for such trainings".The ministry has also asked to ensure essential medicines, intravenous fluids, ice packs, ORS and all necessary equipment. Health Facilities need to increase resilience to extreme heat by arranging uninterrupted electricity for constant functioning of cooling appliances, installation of solar panels window shades, shade outside etc.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Health :Centre asks states to spruce up healthcare facilities as temperatures rise

New Delhi, Feb 28 The Centre has said that daily surveillance on heat-related illnesses under National Programme on ... ...