{"id":31279,"date":"2026-01-05T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31279"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:42:48","slug":"notifiable-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/notifiable-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Notifiable Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Notifiable Disease <\/b> <b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Delhi government is set to declare rabies a notifiable disease to strengthen disease surveillance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Notifiable Disease<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A notifiable disease <\/span><b>is any disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is required by law to be <\/span><b>reported to government authorities.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective notification allows the authorities to monitor the disease and provides early warning of possible outbreaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides the <\/span><b>legal framework<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for notifying diseases in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Criteria for Declaring a Disease as Notifiable may be:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is of <\/span><b>interest to national or international regulations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or control programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its national\/ State\/District incidence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its severity (potential for rapid mortality).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its communicability\/Its potential to cause outbreaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Significant risk of international spread.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Medical practitioners and diagnostic labs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are required <\/span><b>to notify the local health department<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of cases of notified diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, the state <\/span><b>government is responsible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>determining which diseases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> must be reported to the medical officer in their area and to notify the diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government and regional authorities maintain a list of notifiable diseases in India, which is <\/span><b>subject to change as new diseases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are added or existing ones are removed.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Examples:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cholera, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tuberculosis-tb\/\" target=\"_blank\">tuberculosis<\/a><\/strong>, AIDS, dengue, hepatitis, leprosy, meningitis, plague, and measles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>WHO\u2019s International Health Regulations (1969):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mandates countries to report diseases for global surveillance and advisory purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Delhi\/delhi-govt-to-declare-rabies-notifiable-disease-to-prevent-deaths-improve-surveillance\/article70471999.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notifiable Disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities. 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