The health personnel from Las Tunas receive the Week of Action against Mosquitoes, aimed at the prevention of diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, and zika in the midst of an epidemiological panorama marked by rains, high temperatures, and favorable conditions for the proliferation of vectors.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- José Ángel Martínez Rodríguez, deputy director of Surveillance and Vector Control of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, told the press that within the framework of this event, the aim is to increase knowledge in communities and workplaces on the elimination of the mosquito breeding sites, especially the Aedes aegypti.
The manager emphasized that, in the territory, from now on, actions are carried out for focal treatment by vector control operators, family foci control, sanitation, and elimination of breeding sites. Thus, he explained, the cooperation of the Las Tunas population and all family members is required.
He also insisted on achieving the hermetic covering of the tanks that store water, and the elimination of stagnation in disused objects, in such a way that in the days to come, the annoying insects can be put to an end.
Since the dawn of the week, emphasis has been placed on preventive actions that must be carried out in homes and premises to reduce mosquito breeding sites and, therefore, the diseases they transmit. At the same time, the alarm symptoms are disclosed, before which it is necessary to go to the health centers.
The community of San José, a place where they work jointly for the elimination of vectors, was the space for specialists, epidemiologists, and health promoters to meet to start the event and spread knowledge about environmental education.
The Week of Action against Mosquitoes is an effort by the countries and territories of the Americas, promoted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), to raise awareness and work in communities about the relationship between these and the diseases they transmit, such as dengue, chikungunya, zika, measles, and yellow fever.
