• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

District to focus on measures to control chikungunya, dengue

Snowy Owl

Snowy Owl

Retired in 2010, In Memoriam
District to focus on measures to control chikungunya, dengue
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=243499​


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pune, June 29:[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DISTRICT health officials have decided to focus on chikungunya and dengue control measures after the recent case of chikungunya and 14 cases of dengue in Pune district. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
There have been four outbreaks of malaria in Pune district with 807 cases reported from January to June, this year.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The emphasis will be on observing ?dry day?, where all water containers are emptied out, once a week and weekly fogging to control breeding of mosquitoes. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pune is one of the high risk districts in the state for vector-borne diseases, the others being Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Raigad, the health officials said. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]With June as the month for monsoon preparedness under the state vector-borne control programme, joint director of health services (malaria and filaria) Dr BP Gaikwad at a press meet in Zilla Parishad stressed the dry day concept. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He called for local self-government bodies to take coercive action and fix one day as ?dry day? in the week . [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Training of the officials with visits to at least 100 houses to find out whether there are any malaria cases, would be monitored, he said. All private and government hospitals have been alerted and medicines have been stocked, he said. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gaikwad said there have been nine outbreaks of gastroenteritis, diarrhoea, and hepatitis this year in Pune district. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]?Efforts are on to supply clean drinking water by using necessary water purification measures,? he also said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Table 2006 2007 (Jan-June)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
* MALARIA 484 807
* DENGUE 92 (Three deaths) 19
* CHIKUNGUNYA 158 1 [/FONT]
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top