Dengue Prevention Programme 2001

Dhaka city has experienced heavy rain in late March and early April 2001. Nor'westers are also adding rain these days. These rainfall may have activated the eggs laid last year by Aedes to produce larvae in the following 10 days (watch out for Dengue affected areas)!

So this is the time to ACT NOW.

Emergency Preparedness

• Clean up areas already identified last year.

• Arrange miking in the locality to spread the impending danger.

• Destroy immediately all unused containers from house.

• Remove immediately all clay pot for flowers/plants from house.

• Cover all stored water containers at all times

• Do not allow water to stagnate inside and outside house.

• Net your house carefully.

• Spray insecticides before the breeding season inside (closets, dark places) and outside (cool and shaded areas)

• Form a working group (Rapid Response Team) in the locality and visit every house and common place.

• Group members may include yourself, ward commissioner, imam of mosques, public/social workers, school students/ scouts/girl guides, service organisations/clubs, media representative etc.

• Take leadership in forming RRT if none is found.

• Keep infected person under mosquito net at all times to prevent spreading of virus.

• Keep contact with ICDDR,B (Dr. Yukiko Wagatsuma <[email protected]>) and DCC health dept. for update.

A Challenge for 2001

An instance of containers - typical Aedes breeding

ground - found around an artificial polluted pond opposite to new

Shilpakala Academy building in residential Segun Bagicha Dhaka

during the epidemic in August 2000

2000

2 May 2001 

(Click for larger view)

Source: Photo Taken by Khaja Ahamed from his apartment

It shows how difficult it is to make

local people aware of the impending danger and need to fight together!!!