Programe for Prevention and Control of Leptospirosis

1. Development of trained human-resources for Leptospirosis diagnosis, case management, prevention control and inter-sectoral coordination
2. Strengthening surveillance of Leptospirosis in human.
3. Strengthen diagnostic capacity of laboratories in Endemic States/UTs.
4. Create awareness regarding timely detection and appropriate treatment of patients.
5. Strengthening inter-sectoral coordination at State and District level for outbreak detection, prevention, and control of Leptospirosis.

Major Activities and Achievements

1. A network of 5 laboratories has been strengthened across states of Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Tamil Nadu.
2. Pre-monsoon seasonal advisory to states/UTs is being issued for prevention and control leptospirosis.
3. Regular Hands on trainings on Leptospirosis is being conducted-12 Hands on training so far conducted for all States on Leptospirosis. Trained ~20,000 participants across States/UTs through Master Training of Trainers.
4. Network of trained laboratory professionals is being created in all programme States/UTs.
5. All endemic States/UTs have adequate stock of Doxycycline, diagnostic kits and consumables.
6. Reporting of suspected and laboratory confirmed cases have increased over the years due to improved reporting mechanism, sensitization of officials and improved diagnostic capacity.
7. Periodic sensitization of State officials is being undertaken for Program for Prevention and Control of Leptospirosis (PPCL).
8. Health departments at state and district level have been advocated to collaborate with veterinary and agriculture department for rodent control and animal vaccination.
9. Guidelines for diagnosis, case management, prevention and control of Leptospirosis have been published and disseminated to States. Revision of guidelines is under progress.
10. Operational Guidelines for the program circulated to the State Nodal Officers. Revision of guidelines is under progress.
11. National review meeting for sensitization of nodal officers and training of master trainers for implementation of the program is being conducted every year by NCDC.
12. Prototype IEC material and audio spots developed and disseminated to States.
13. Reporting formats finalized and aligned with the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) for improving real-time surveillance of Leptospirosis.

• Advisory & Preparatory Checklist Leptospirosis 2019 (1132 KB)
• Minutes of the Meeting of N-TAG for PPCL Held on 13 June 2019 (508 KB)