This month, with the rainy season approaching, the province of Las Tunas is preparing to maintain a stable epidemiological situation through its Vector Control and Surveillance Program, and anticipates closer collaboration with communities.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- Dr. Yumara Acosta García, director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, told the press that the health system is preparing to implement a communication strategy -starting this month- aimed at raising risk awareness in communities and ensuring timely and efficient self-inspection of households.
Acosta García stated that, during this period, increased rainfall and rising temperatures favor mosquito proliferation, making it essential to raise risk awareness and promote citizen self-responsibility.
The director indicated that in the coming months, targeted treatment is planned for urban spaces of the municipal capitals, along with other differentiated actions in the areas with the highest entomological and epidemiological risk. To this end, the technical team is being organized, and the available resources are being specified to achieve a higher impact.
In addition to the support of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and the Government, this health initiative will integrate organizations and entities such as Community Services, Water Resources, Housing, Territorial Planning, and Economy and Planning, among others, intending to reduce risks and prevent dengue transmission.
The doctor specified that this process will cover the entire province, with special emphasis on the areas with the highest risk and epidemiological complexity, as well as those with the largest population.
She also clarified that the program includes three types of treatment: targeted (carried out by the operator), adulticide (fumigation), and perifocal, which is applied mainly in homes, especially on walls, where the insecticide remains for a longer period.
Acosta García warned that the goal is to cover the entire urban area with the larviciding process, with special priority given to the blocks identified as being at the highest risk. To this end, she urged residents to open their doors to prevent mosquito breeding, the occlusion of eggs, and the growth of adult mosquitoes.
