--------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- GOACAN calls for greater collaboration among Govt agencies to combat Malaria ------------------------------------------ On the occasion of World Malaria Day, GOACAN has called for greater collaboration amongst Government Departments and Corporations to combat Malaria and other vector borne diseases so that an effective strategy can be adopted for Goa. Such a collaboration will ensure effective participation from Village Panchayats & Municipal Councils and Voluntary Organisations.
GOACAN has welcomed the Governments acceptance of its proposal to set up Block level Committees under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Collector to unify efforts at the Taluka level to get better results from joint programs, sharing of data, identifying problems areas, avoiding overlaps and generating rapid action. The involvement of the village based Civic and Consumer Forums will be a boon to the ongoing campaign to prevent the spread of malaria & other vector borne diseases. The recent findings from inter-sectoral discussions & site inspections have shown that the prevention campaign can get better results if the Departments of Labour, Public Works, Water Resources, Municipal Administration and Panchayats accept their specific role & contribution in the prevention campaign. Such an effort will result in budget allocation, review of licencing & data collection systems and better inspection & enforcement procedures. GOACAN is of the opinion that under the supervision of the Chief Secretary of Goa the collaboration from the various Departments will enhance the activities of the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) under the National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (NVBDCP) and in turn impact the participation of the Village Panchayats and Municipal Councils. For the year 2010 GOACAN proposes that Village Panchayat level collaboration be encouraged amongst the DHS promoted Village Health & Sanitation Committee, the PWD promoted Village Water Supply & Sanitation Committee and the Garbage Management Committee promoted by the Department of Science, Technology & Environment so as to make the malaria prevention campaign result oriented. ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: [email protected] Visit: http://goacan.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------- -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
