Authors : Giribabu Dandabathula, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Venkata Ramana Muvva, Subham Roy, Aleena Biju Thekkedath, Gaurav Kumar, Navisha Shukla, Apurba Kumar Bera, Sushil Kumar Srivastav
DOI : 10.1080/29947677.2025.2466531
Volume : 1
Issue : 1
Year : 2025
Page No : 2466531
Understanding the prevailing landscape of disease outbreaks at a country level is crucial for effective outbreak management and prompt response. This research objective is to analyze and portray India's disease outbreak landscape by considering available social action reports, thereby identifying (1) the predominant transmission mode of the disease outbreaks, (2) prevailing disease outbreaks, (3) year-wise trend of prevailing disease outbreaks, and (4) the regions with high-frequency outbreaks. Nine thousand three hundred ninety confirmed public health concern records between 2017 and 2023 that are available from the open-access national surveillance program were considered and fed to data science algorithms for further analysis. Additionally, these records contain location information, enabling the mapping of hotspots using the Geographic Information System. Nearly 50% of disease outbreaks stem from food-borne/waterborne infections, including fecal-oral routes. Our research highlights a rise in Leptospirosis outbreaks following extreme weather events. In India, mosquito-borne diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya are now endemic, causing widespread outbreaks. Chickenpox, measles, and mumps remain prevalent, underscoring the need for vaccine availability in the national immunisation program. The results from this research help policymakers pinpoint the regions at high risk for outbreaks, facilitating effective preparedness and policy development to contain the future spread.