Policy environment
NDD, VBD
VECTOR BORNE DISEASES
Program mapping data indicated that India’s National Deworming Day (NDD) program is primarily housed within the Department of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) while the LF program, implemented only in Goa and Odisha, resides in the Department of Vector Borne Diseases (VBD), both within the national Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW). The timing of NDD and LF key activities and the process is described in 