About Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP):
- It is a decentralized, state-based surveillance programme in the country.
- It was launched with World Bank assistance in November 2004 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
- Objectives: To strengthen/maintain a decentralized laboratory-based IT enabled disease surveillance system for epidemic-prone diseases to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in the early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Teams (RRTs).
- Programme Components:
- Integration and decentralization of surveillance activities through the establishment of surveillance units at the Centre, State, and District levels.
- Human Resource Development: Training of State Surveillance Officers, District Surveillance Officers, RRT, and other medical and paramedical staff on principles of disease surveillance.
- Use of Information Communication Technology for collection, collation, compilation, analysis, and dissemination of data.
- Strengthening of public health laboratories.
- Inter sectoral coordination for zoonotic diseases.
- Data Management:
- Under IDSP, data is collected on epidemic-prone diseases on a weekly basis (Monday–Sunday).
- The information is collected in three specified reporting formats, namely “S” (suspected cases), “P” (presumptive cases), and “L” (laboratory confirmed cases), filled by Health Workers, Clinicians, and Laboratory staff, respectively.
- IDSP receives disease outbreak reports from the States/UTs on a weekly basis. Even NIL weekly reporting is mandated, and compilation of disease outbreaks/alerts is done on a weekly basis.
- The weekly data gives information on the disease trends and seasonality of diseases.
- Whenever there is a rising trend of illnesses in any area, it is investigated by the RRTs to diagnose and control the outbreak.
- Data analysis and actions are being undertaken by respective State/District Surveillance Units.
