DNCC takes all-out plans to prevent dengue outbreak this year

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DHAKA, Feb 18, 2020 (BSS) – Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Chief Health Officer Brig Gen Md Mominur Rahman Mamun today said analyzing all data regarding previous dengue outbreak in the country, massive programmes have
been taken to stop spread of the disease this year.

“To celebrate the birth centenary of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman this year, elaborate programmes have been taken to prevent
dengue outbreak across the country,” he told an advocacy meeting for raising
awareness among the people of controlling Culex and Aedes mosquitoes.

DNCC in the association with the Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) under health directorate jointly organised the meeting in
city’s KC Hospital, according to a press release received here today.

At the beginning of the meeting, it is said that in last July, August and
September months, the dengue outbreak was at maximum level in the country and
probably this outbreak may increase in the same period of time this year.

Projecting various initiatives taken by DNCC to stop dengue, Deputy Chief
Health Officer of DNCC Lt Col Md Ghulam Mostafa Sarwar said in the meeting
that the authorities concerned have already conducted awareness campaigns to
this end like previous year as it is the only alternative to prevent dengue
outbreak.

The campaigns include holding dissemination meetings at different regional
and central levels, public rallies, broadcasting advertisements and spreading
awareness related posts on social media about dengue, he added.

To accelerate the mosquito elimination programmes, he went on saying that
purchasing of about 200 fogger machines,238 pulse fog-machines,150 manually
operated mosquito repellent machines, 340 plastic hand-operated machines, 2
vehicle-mounted fogger machines, 10 motorcycle fogger and hand-operated
machines and 20 mist blower or power spray machines is currently underway.

It is also informed in the meeting that dengue fever has already been
spread to 126 countries. As a result, over 250 crore people, which is about
40 percent of the world’s population, are at risk.

Dengue outbreak is prevailing in 10 countries out of 11 countries in
Southeast Asia where about 52 percent people are at risk of dengue now,
speakers said at the meeting.

With DNCC Region-7’s Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ruhul Quddus in the
chair, the meeting was attended, among others, by several officials concerned
and councillors of the city corporation.