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Zambo health official taps barangay officials’ help to eradicate dengue

July 21, 2010

A top health official has called the barangay officials of this southern port city’s 98 barangays to organize a Barangay Dengue Control Team (BDCT) in their respective places to contain the spread of this viral disease.
City health officer Rodel Agbulos made the call citing every sectors’ assistance is needed to control if not eradicate dengue cases which has been declared as “very high alert level.”
Agbulos has placed dengue to “very high alert level” as the number of cases and fatalities have already surpassed last year’s data.
According to Agbulos, the number of dengue cases since January up to the first week of July this year have already reached 1,052 with nine fatalities compared to 1,029 and eight deaths in 2009.
The health official said he will meet the barangay kagawads who are the chairman of the committee on health to discuss the proper way of eradicating breeding sites of mosquito-carrying dengue in the villages.
He said cleanliness in the surroundings and sanitation is the most effective to contain dengue fever cases.
He said the month of June this year has the highest number of dengue cases at 302.
The second highest was last February 158 cases followed by January with 156, March with 149, May with 123, and April with 93.
There were already 87 cases of dengue as of the middle of July this year, according to Agbulos.
Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with, headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands and rash. (Philippine News Agency)
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