Source: Yahoo Noticias, Salud [in Spanish, trans. & summ. Mod.TY, edited]
<http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/080106/salud/amc_med_honduras_dengue>
In 2007, 15 people died and more than 29 112 were affected [infected]
by dengue in
In 2006, the number of fatal victims of this disease was 9, and there
were 7800 affected [by it].
In 2007, 4156 DHF cases were registered nationally.
"We cannot hide the significant increase in dengue [cases] in the
country in the past year [2007]," the Minister of Health, Jenny Meza,
told the press.
This situation [the increase in dengue cases] occurred despite the
army units, public employees and students having circulated in the
neighborhoods of the main cities of the country to help remove scrap
metal, fumigate houses and destroy _Aedes aegypti_ dengue virus
mosquito vector breeding sites.
The government constantly asks the population to eliminate standing
water in their homes, specifically in bowls, bottles, tires and
flower vases, where this insect breeds.
Official statistics indicate that in 6 years, more than 60 000 dengue
cases have been registered in
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-ESP <promed@promedmail.org>
[It would be interesting to know how successful the campaign has been
in eliminating or reducing _Aedes aegypti_ breeding sites and whether
lessons were learned that would improve vector control efforts in the
coming year. Given the increase in numbers of dengue cases in 2007,
these efforts were not as successful as the
authorities had hoped.
An interactive ProMED health map showing
< http://healthmap.org/promed?v=14.8,-86.6,5>.
- Mod.TY]
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment