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The district health department has decided to carry out an intensive anti-malaria drive among migrant labourers in the city. The decision was taken as migrant labourers are considered potential carriers of the disease due to low levels of health awareness among them. The health department has already commenced health screening camps to detect malaria among migrant workers. At present, there is no effective mechanism to check the health status of migrant labourers. A meeting chaired by the district medical officer last week had directed health officials to forward reports on migrant labourers if spotted in their jurisdictions. Field officials were asked to conduct camps at the labour tents of migrant workers with assistance from agents who supply the migrants for various construction works. According to data with the state surveillance unit of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, Kozhikode district reported 161 cases of malaria and one death in 2007. The number fell to 143 in 2008 while 2009 witnessed 125 cases and one death. In 2010, however, the figure shot to 228 cases and two deaths. The district also reported an outbreak at Nellikode in June 2010. Nineteen cases of malaria were detected in the area. The district reported 154 malaria cases in 2011 and 181 in 2012. District malaria officer Vimal Raj said field staff under the health department have already commenced medical check-ups on the migrant workforce. "We have directed them to conduct health check ups among the migrant labourers and not to miss any such worker. We aim to reduce chances for malarial outbreak and eliminate it altogether," he said.
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malaria, Kozhikode, migrnat workforce
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