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Dr. RABI SANKAR PANDIT

Research areas: Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Dengue and Mosquito Control Research · Malaria Research and Control

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2872-2625
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Work profile covers across the 30 districts of state with special focus on entomological Work Covers surveillance of all VBDs (Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis, LF) under National Disease Control Programme-and its vector control operation; its planning & monitoring and reporting to Ministry. Carrying out various levels of trainings (induction, refresher, re-orientation) on vector control and basic entomological aspects of VBDs to District/Block level VBD staffs, staffs under City Health Office and NFCP/UMU units and special on entomological aspects of VBDs to newly recruited Zonal entomologists & Insect Collectors. Prepared Guideline, SOP, manual, advisories, budget for Vector Control IRS of the state with its field level monitoring and reporting to GoI. In addition to routine work, case-based & outbreak investigation-cum management of VBDs also being covered during transmission season from state Hqr., and in association with Zonal, Central (MoHFW), NCVBDC, NCDC, ICMR teams as and when requires. Even, monitoring of vector control activities along with entomological survey also being carried out during any big socio-cultural events/festival of public gathering e.g., famous cart festival, Puri, state level events, any type of post-disaster situation, pandemic situations for entomological risk assessment for any VBDs and its appropriate control measures. Besides, work also covers AES surveillance across the state with functioning of State Japanese Encephalitis Unit with its analysis of sentinel data and its investigation, reporting to JE division in collaboration with Animal Disease Research Institute (ADRI), Cuttack. Work also covers capacity building of Medical Offices, Paramedics, Lab. Tech., VBDTs, VBDCs on Sentinel Surveillance of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES/JE), its Prevention and Control, Reporting at District, State, Regional & Institutional level. Besides, work also includes all the office related works from communication to compliance of RTI, PIL, NHRC, AG Audit, Assembly questions relating to IRS, Japanese Encephalitis, Vector Control, Dengue

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