Archive · 20 Sep 2025
Punjab's Health Campaign Averts Disease Outbreaks in Flood Zones
After floods hit Punjab, the government started a special health campaign to stop diseases from spreading.
They are checking people for illnesses and giving them medicine.
Medical teams have treated many people in temporary clinics.
Health workers are going to people's homes.
The teams are also spraying stuff to kill mosquitoes and prevent diseases.
This helps to keep people healthy and prevent diseases from spreading.
Punjab launched a health campaign to combat flood-borne diseases in affected villages.
Medical teams conducted 20,668 consultations, treating numerous cases of fever, diarrhea, and skin infections.
ASHA workers visited over 62,000 households.
Extensive vector-control drives were carried out including fumigation and larvicide.
The campaign is designed to prevent disease outbreaks.
- Who
- Punjab Health Minister, Medical Teams, ASHA workers.
- What
- Health campaign to combat flood-borne diseases.
- When
- Ongoing; Data reported on Saturday.
- Where
- 2,303 flood-affected villages in Punjab.
- Why
- To contain potential disease outbreaks.
- Villages Covered by Medical Teams
- 1,118
- OPD Consultations
- 20,668
- Fever Cases Treated
- 2,324
- Diarrhea Cases Treated
- 505
- Skin Infections Treated
- 2,606
- Eye Infections Treated
- 1,133
- Villages Covered by ASHA Workers
- 1,471
- Households Visited by ASHA Workers
- 62,021
- Essential Health Kits Distributed
- 20,276
- Fever Cases Identified by Screening
- 1,105
- Malaria Cases Diagnosed
- 0
- Villages Covered by Vector-Control Drives
- 1,554
- Houses Checked for Mosquito Breeding
- 63,233
- Houses with Breeding Sites Destroyed
- 969
- Houses Sprayed with Larvicide
- 19,303
- Villages with Fumigation
- 955
