About IDSP:

The Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) is a disease surveillance scheme under the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs in India, assisted by the World Bank. The scheme aims to strengthen disease surveillance for infectious diseases to detect and respond to outbreaks quickly. The scheme seeks to set up a Central Disease Surveillance Unit and a State Surveillance Unit in each State where data is collected and analyzed. A large amount of data on disease reports are collected in order to be able to identify the outbreak of a disease, identify its causes and take corresponding preventive and responsive measures. An early warning system has been put into place in order to take timely preventive steps.

Data Management:

Under IDSP data is collected on epidemic prone diseases on weekly basis (Monday–Sunday).  The information is collected on three specified reporting formats, namely “S” (suspected cases), “P” (presumptive cases) and “L” (laboratory confirmed cases) filled by Health Workers, Clinicians and Laboratory staff respectively.  The weekly data gives information on the disease trends and seasonality of diseases.

IDSP Portal:

The IDSP portal is a one stop portal (www.idsp.nic.in) which has facilities for data entry, view reports, outbreak reporting, data analysis, training modules and resources related to disease surveillance.

Diseases under Surveillance:

Presumptive (P Form):

1. Acute Diarrhoeal Disease (including acute gastroenteritis)
2.  Bacillary Dysentery
3. Viral Hepatitis
4.  Enteric Fever
5.  Malaria
6.  Dengue / DHF / DSS
7.  Chikungunya
8. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
9.  Meningitis
10.  Measles
11.  Diphtheria
12.  Pertussis
13.  Chicken Pox
14.  Fever of Unknown Origin (PUO)
15.  Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) / Influenza Like Illness (ILI)
16.  Pneumonia
17.  Leptospirosis
18.  Acute Flaccid Paralysis < 15 Years of Age
19.  Dog bite
20.  Snake bite
21.  Any other State Specific Disease (Specify)
22.  Unusual Syndromes NOT Captured above (Specify clinical diagnosis)

Laboratory (L Form):

1.  Dengue / DHF / DSS
2.  Chikungunya
3.  JE
4.  Meningococcal Meningitis
5.  Typhoid Fever
6. Diphtheria
7.  Cholera
8. Shigella Dysentery
9.  Viral Hepatitis A
10. . Viral Hepatitis E
11. . Leptospirosis
12. Malaria

Early Warning Signal (EWS) Report: (From January to June)