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DNCC to thwart Aedes, Culex

Community engagement stressed


Published : 04 Feb 2020 09:03 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 09:07 PM

Against the backdrop of frightening Dengue outbreak in the capital last year, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is going to gear up its mosquito control campaign through engaging people of all strata. In this regard, an advocacy meeting was held on Tuesday to control Aedes and Culex mosquitoes at Uttara Community Center in the capital.

The meeting was organised to inform people of different tiers of the society to participate in the Aedes mosquito and dengue disease prevention program. During the advocacy meeting, Deputy Chief Health Officer of DNCC Lt Col Md Ghulam Mostafa Sarwar gave an overview of various activities undertaken by the DNCC to control Aedes and Culex mosquitoes.

He outlined the overall activities of the DNCC and future planning in controlling Aedes mosquito. He said, “There is no alternative to public awareness to control the disease. Last year, we conducted various programmes, including meetings at different regional and central levels, awareness walks at different streets, Baul Sangeet (music) and advertisement on televisions and newspapers to halt the spread of dengue.”

“We have received unprecedented response from the teachers and students at different educational institutes. We believe that teachers and students can play a major role as ‘community ambassador’”, he added. He further said, “Last year, they cleaned their homes and destroyed breeding grounds of Aedes mosquito. We are expecting the same from teachers and students this year. Besides, we will run combing operation led by the Mayor.”

At the beginning of the advocacy meeting, Medical Office of Infectious Disease Control Branch Dr Md Touhidul Haque presented the keynote paper on infectious diseases and origin and breeding of Aedes mosquito. In his presentation, he said, “Dengue fever has spread in 126 countries in the world till now. As a result, more than 250 crore people - about 40 percent of the world’s population - are at risk of dengue. About 52 percent people of 10 countries of Southeast Asia are at high risk of dengue.”