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June 17, 2019-
The provincial health directorate 3 launched a search and destruction campaign in Chitwan to get rid of mosquitoes, their eggs, their larvae and their pupae, with the aim of fighting dengue fever.
According to management, the campaign was launched in different parts of Chitwan taking into account the potential threat. This year, health workers confirmed the dengue fever outbreak in Dharan before the start of the monsoon.
Management officer Chandreshwor Yadav said the public was asking her to spray insecticides to kill mosquitoes in the colonies.
"However, we are also going to destroy eggs, larvae and mosquito pupae," said Yadav, adding that they would simultaneously organize awareness campaigns to advise people not to collect or store water. for later use.
In the past, dengue patients were found in the bazaars of the metropolitan city of Bharatpur, Ratnanagar Municipality and the municipality of Rapti.
Ram KC, a hardware controller at the district health bureau, said Chitwan was at high risk of dengue fever outbreaks this year.
"We mobilized 90 women health volunteers in the settlement areas to search for and destroy eggs, larvae and mosquito pupae. Volunteers will also include representatives of local development organizations, "said KC, adding that they had asked volunteers to identify mosquito breeding grounds. "The disease is mainly transmitted by stagnant water tires, drums and broken glbad bottles," he said, adding that the city police had also planned to badociate this year the police with dengue.
During the last fiscal year, 11 people were infected with dengue fever in the district, while 59 people were diagnosed with dengue fever during the 2017-2018 fiscal year. During the fiscal year 2016-2017, 610 people were tested positive for dengue in Chitwan.
The mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which transmit the dengue virus, breed in clean water and are active during the day. According to the World Health Organization, these same mosquitoes also transmit chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika virus.
According to doctors, a mild to high fever, severe muscle pain, rashes in the muscles, severe headache, eye pain are some of the symptoms of infection of the disease. The UN health agency said that there was no specific treatment for severe dengue, but that early detection and access to appropriate medical care reduce the rate of dengue fever. mortality.
Posted on: 2016-06-17 07:56
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