NewsWhore
11-13-2009, 05:20 PM
The Public Health and Education Ministries have joined forces to involve more than 4,000 students from Santo Domingo East in work to show their communities how to prevent dengue and other epidemics affecting the country.
Yesterday, Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez led activities in the Los Mina sector, with the help of 4,334 students and 134 teachers and 39 schools from the area, who toured their neighborhoods advising families on how to prevent dengue and other illnesses.
Rojas Gomez said that the aim is to eliminate 80% of sites where mosquitoes can breed by the month of February 2010, in order to begin the "epidemic year" under control all over the country.
According to current statistics, this year 4,998 cases of dengue have been registered nationwide, with 44 deaths.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)
Yesterday, Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez led activities in the Los Mina sector, with the help of 4,334 students and 134 teachers and 39 schools from the area, who toured their neighborhoods advising families on how to prevent dengue and other illnesses.
Rojas Gomez said that the aim is to eliminate 80% of sites where mosquitoes can breed by the month of February 2010, in order to begin the "epidemic year" under control all over the country.
According to current statistics, this year 4,998 cases of dengue have been registered nationwide, with 44 deaths.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)