Chavhan Smita S, Kashyap Vandana, Gokhale Chinmay N, Adsul Balkrishna B, Gomare Mangala, Kumbhar Maharudra, Kadam Neelam, Dhikale Prasad T, Kinge Kirti V
Community Medicine, HBTMC and RNCH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Dean I/c, Seven Hills DCH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Oct;10(10):3595-3599. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_151_21. Epub 2021 Nov 5.
The onset of monsoons in Mumbai poses an additional health disease burden in the form of rising vector-borne and water-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, leptospirosis, hepatitis, typhoid, chikungunya, and acute gastroenteritis. These monsoon-related illnesses are preventable with hygienic and sanitation measures that are likely to have been adopted during COVID-19 pandemic.
To assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the occurrence of monsoon-related diseases in the city of Mumbai and find out determinants of variations if any.
This was a retrospective descriptive study. Universal sampling was done using secondary data collected from the Epidemiological Cell of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). Data mining was performed to obtain the trends of the monsoon-related diseases in Mumbai.
COVID-19 pandemic has remarkably affected the city of Mumbai with approximately 3 lakh cases till December 2020. MCGM has taken a lot of efforts resulting in a recovery rate of close to 95% with less than 3% mortality. With the effective use of social behavior change communication, which focused on masks, frequent hand washing, and social distancing, there seems to be a decline in monsoon-related illnesses in the year 2020 as compared to the previous two years of 2018 and 2019.
Monsoon-related illnesses are impacted by behavior and lifestyle modifications like hygiene and environmental sanitation practiced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study highlights the importance of these universal hygienic practices and their utility in the long-term reduction of monsoon-related illnesses.
孟买季风的到来以登革热、疟疾、钩端螺旋体病、肝炎、伤寒、基孔肯雅热和急性肠胃炎等媒介传播和水传播疾病增加的形式带来了额外的健康疾病负担。这些与季风相关的疾病可通过在新冠疫情期间可能已采用的卫生和环境卫生措施预防。
评估新冠疫情对孟买市与季风相关疾病发生情况的影响，并找出（若有）变化的决定因素。
这是一项回顾性描述性研究。使用从大孟买市政公司（MCGM）流行病学小组收集的二手数据进行全面抽样。进行数据挖掘以获取孟买与季风相关疾病的趋势。
新冠疫情对孟买市产生了显著影响，截至2020年12月约有30万病例。MCGM付出了诸多努力，康复率接近95%，死亡率低于3%。通过有效利用聚焦于口罩、勤洗手和社交距离的社会行为改变宣传，与2018年和2019年的前两年相比，2020年与季风相关的疾病似乎有所减少。
与季风相关的疾病受到新冠疫情期间所实行的卫生和环境卫生等行为及生活方式改变的影响。本研究强调了这些普遍卫生做法的重要性及其在长期减少与季风相关疾病方面的效用。
