LAHORE: Dean Institute of Public Health (IPH) Professor Dr Zarfishan Tahir has said that dengue, apart from being a health hazard, is also a social problem and added that enthusiastic participation in dengue-prevention activities is a must for effective control over it.
People should take care of their houses by removing stagnant water from different places which become hot-spots for dengue-breeding.
She said that people should take care of their houses by removing stagnant water from different places which become hot-spots for dengue-breeding.
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Prof Dr Zarfishan Tahir was addressing an awareness seminar on dengue which was organized by the IPH for public health professionals, here on Tuesday. Students, doctors and staff of the institute attended the seminar.
Epidemiologist Dr Anjum Razzaq and senior entomologist Asif
Mehmood delivered technical
lectures and apprised the participants regarding the life circle of Dengue mosquito and its habits. They
informed the audience regarding
preventive measures and vector-surveillance strategy to check the
dengue.
Dr Anjum Razzaq said that 80% prevention activities are
related to masses and people
should take care of themselves by wearing full dress, especially in the morning and evening, while going outside in the
parks/ open areas as the female
dengue mosquito usually bites in the morning and evening times.
Senior entomologist Asif Mehmood said that, as the winter
starts, the vector will shift
inside the houses i.e., bedrooms, stores and other hidden places.
Therefore, residents should keep a vigilant eye
on their bedrooms’ curtains, flower
pots, water-tray behind the refrigerators in which dengue female lays
eggs. People should use mosquito repellent
lotions on the open parts of their
body to protect them from mosquito bites, he added.
While talking to the media, Dr Zarfishan Tahir said that
globally about 100 countries are
facing dengue problems and even the developed countries are included in this list. She disclosed that most of the
clean countries have more than
eight thousands dengue positive cases during current year.
She said that the main purpose of holding the seminar was to educate the student doctors of public health and the staff so that these doctors and employees of the institute could participate in dengue prevention activities and spread healthy message to others.
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