Lao health ministry sets dengue control campaign as priority

LAOS, July 29 (Vientiane Occasions/ANN): The Well being Ministry has urged administrative places of work in any respect ranges in Vientiane to organise dengue prevention actions as a precedence to fight the unfold of the virus.

Well being Minister Dr Bounfeng Phoummalaysith mentioned final week that each one sectors of society and authorities want to help, lead and cooperate in stopping and combating dengue fever utilizing commonplace management measures.

These embody the participation of each particular person and household in practising the 5 hygiene measures to maintain dengue at bay.

These 5 steps include closing and sealing all containers, flushing out all water vessels, inserting tiny guppy fish in out of doors water containers, cleansing areas round homes and doing these 4 duties each week.

“Well being officers advocate these measures and advise everybody to hold them out. Village volunteers will help within the clearance of mosquito breeding grounds to maintain everybody secure,” the minister mentioned.

Dr Bounfeng urged the federal government and personal sectors to create time to clear mosquito breeding grounds round their places of work and residences, saying this ought to be executed each week.

Village heads are suggested to encourage village well being volunteers to verify for the presence of mosquito larvae at every family.

Details about the quantity of larvae detected have to be despatched to the district well being workplace, which can assess whether or not the neighbourhood is prone to a dengue outbreak and sort out the issue promptly.

As well as, Dr Bounfeng suggested district and village authorities to adjust to bulletins, orders and recommendation issued with regard to dengue fever.

He inspired them to set plans and a price range for work to forestall the unfold of dengue fever and to hold out and make experiences on the native state of affairs day by day and month-to-month. There must also be common conferences of medical personnel to debate methods to sort out the unfold of dengue.

As of July 27, a complete of 12,726 dengue instances had been recorded in Laos this yr whereas 14 individuals have died.