{"id":120977,"date":"2021-08-24T06:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T06:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=120977"},"modified":"2021-08-24T06:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T06:51:06","slug":"jharkhan-filaria-eradication-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/jharkhan-filaria-eradication-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Jharkhan Filaria eradication campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question : On which date Jharkhand launched Filaria eradication programme in 12 filaria affected districts ?<\/strong><br>a. 23 August 2021<br>b. 20 August 2021<br>c. 18 August 2021<br>d. None of the above<br><strong>Ans. a.<br>Related facts &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jharkhand launched Filaria eradication programme in 12 filaria affected districts on August 23, 2021.<\/li><li>This programme will run from August 23 to August 27 in the filaria affected areas.<\/li><li>The campaign will be run under the National Filaria Eradication Programme of the Health Department, Jharkhand.<\/li><li>Mass Drug Administration campaign with two drugs \u2014 DEC and Albendazole \u2014 in 11 districts namely Giridih, Chatra, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Godda, Hazaribagh, Khunti, Lohardaga, Ranchi, West Singhbhum and three drugs that \u2014 DEC, Albendazole and Ivermectin \u2014 in Simdega will be done in compliance with the restrictions and protocols of Covid-19.<\/li><li>In this campaign, anti-filaria medicines would be given free of cost to the beneficiaries by the health workers visiting booths and door-to-door.<\/li><li>Under this programme, anti-filaria drugs will not be administered to children below 1 year of age, pregnant women and critically ill persons and children 1-2 years old will be fed only Albendazole.<\/li><li>About the disease &#8212;<\/li><li>This disease is spread by mosquito bite. Filaria is one of the leading causes of disability.<\/li><li>This infection damages the lymphatic system and, if left untreated, leads to abnormal swelling of the body\u2019s organs.<\/li><li>People with swelling of the testicles, swelling of the organs and milky urine due to filaria often face social discrimination, which also affects their livelihood and ability to work.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypioneer.com\/2021\/state-editions\/state-to-launch-filaria-eradication-campaign-today.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.dailypioneer.com\/2021\/state-editions\/state-to-launch-filaria-eradication-campaign-today.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question : On which date Jharkhand launched Filaria eradication programme in 12 filaria affected districts ?a. 23 August 2021b. 20 August 2021c. 18 August 2021d. None of the aboveAns. a.Related facts &#8212; Jharkhand launched Filaria eradication programme in 12 filaria affected districts on August 23, 2021. This programme will run from August 23 to August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":120978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2703],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-operations-campaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120979,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120977\/revisions\/120979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}