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<!-- endnoindex -->Health officials in Australia have embarked on a public education campaign in provincial East Timor, teaching locals how to monitor and control disease-spreading mosquitoes.
Our reporter, Noni Edwards, says mosquito-borne dengue fever is rife in East Timor.
And entomologist, Peter Whelan, says cases often go unreported.
"Dengue haemorrhagic fever can kill. There have been quite a lot of cases, nearly 1000 cases this year. That figure includes 37 reported deaths," he said.
The health minister in Australia's Northern Territory, Chris Burns, has acknowledged the potential threat to Australia but says the risk in East Timor is far greater.
"It's quite significant. Up to 25 per cent of their hospital admissions are related to mosquito-borne diseases," he said.
A team of four Northern Territory-based health workers will teach the East Timorese simple strategies for controlling the pests, like covering or emptying containers that collect water. <!-- noindex -->
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<!-- endnoindex -->Health officials in Australia have embarked on a public education campaign in provincial East Timor, teaching locals how to monitor and control disease-spreading mosquitoes.
Our reporter, Noni Edwards, says mosquito-borne dengue fever is rife in East Timor.
And entomologist, Peter Whelan, says cases often go unreported.
"Dengue haemorrhagic fever can kill. There have been quite a lot of cases, nearly 1000 cases this year. That figure includes 37 reported deaths," he said.
The health minister in Australia's Northern Territory, Chris Burns, has acknowledged the potential threat to Australia but says the risk in East Timor is far greater.
"It's quite significant. Up to 25 per cent of their hospital admissions are related to mosquito-borne diseases," he said.
A team of four Northern Territory-based health workers will teach the East Timorese simple strategies for controlling the pests, like covering or emptying containers that collect water. <!-- noindex -->
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