Lima, in November. 29 .- The Ministry of Health (MoH) detected the presence of the mosquito that transmits dengue in 186 developments in 21 districts of Lima and Callao, and thus strengthened prevention efforts against this evil, especially in the cemeteries of the capital.
precisely as part of the campaign "Together against dengue. If there is no dengue mosquito, launched by the MoH, the holder of the sector, Carlos Vallejos, oversaw today the actions of health personnel in the cemetery "Virgen de Lourdes, located in Villa Maria del Triunfo and considered the largest in South America.
Vallejos said that cemeteries are the main sources for the reemergence of dengue in Lima, as the mosquitoes that transmit it using the vases with water (which are left by the population) to lay their eggs.
Along the representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Manuel Pena, the Minister commended the actions carried out of that cemetery staff who do not use water to the vases, but sand or earth.
On the other hand, the coordinator Health Strategy for Prevention and Control of tropical diseases such MoH, Luis Miguel Leon, asked the public to remain vigilant with prevention as the mosquito lives indoors and if not taken necessary measures may appear again disease.
"Right now there is no transmission of the disease, but the mosquito is present and the heat increases reproduction. It is vital that people clean their water storage containers where, "said the specialist.
therefore urged families to keep sealed water tanks and avoid storing or pond water containers, tires and junk left in the open, since it could become mosquito breeding grounds of the transmitter.
Dengue is a disease transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti and the disease is spread when the mosquito bites a person sick with dengue and acquire the disease. This insect lays its eggs in places where water is stored and easily reproduced when the temperature increases and rainfall .
precisely as part of the campaign "Together against dengue. If there is no dengue mosquito, launched by the MoH, the holder of the sector, Carlos Vallejos, oversaw today the actions of health personnel in the cemetery "Virgen de Lourdes, located in Villa Maria del Triunfo and considered the largest in South America.
Vallejos said that cemeteries are the main sources for the reemergence of dengue in Lima, as the mosquitoes that transmit it using the vases with water (which are left by the population) to lay their eggs.
Along the representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Manuel Pena, the Minister commended the actions carried out of that cemetery staff who do not use water to the vases, but sand or earth.
On the other hand, the coordinator Health Strategy for Prevention and Control of tropical diseases such MoH, Luis Miguel Leon, asked the public to remain vigilant with prevention as the mosquito lives indoors and if not taken necessary measures may appear again disease.
"Right now there is no transmission of the disease, but the mosquito is present and the heat increases reproduction. It is vital that people clean their water storage containers where, "said the specialist.
therefore urged families to keep sealed water tanks and avoid storing or pond water containers, tires and junk left in the open, since it could become mosquito breeding grounds of the transmitter.
Dengue is a disease transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti and the disease is spread when the mosquito bites a person sick with dengue and acquire the disease. This insect lays its eggs in places where water is stored and easily reproduced when the temperature increases and rainfall .
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