Monday, June 10, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY CHARLES MGHENYI
Ministry of Health and Kenya Red Cross Mombasa officials led a Dengue fever sensitisation programme in Shimanzi Railways estate Makande, Mombasa at the weekend.
The region is be prone to mosquito infestation due to its proximity to the Kibarani dumping site, a bushy environment and the Indian Ocean.
Red Cross officials in charge of the programme, Gregory Okal, said they cleared the bushes and sprayed insecticide in the houses in the estate.
Speaking to the Star during the activity, Okal said Mombasa has 115 confirmed cases of Dengue fever and 356 results awaited from a comprehensive laboratory test in Nairobi.
“As the Red cross we have taken this early preventive measure because Dengue is still rampant in Mombasa despite the assurance from experts that it has been contained,” he said.
Okal said many areas in Mombasa have been sprayed and sensitisation sessions held for residents. He said the campaign against the fever will be extended to every region in the country.
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-123719/ministry-fights-dengue-fever
Ministry of Health and Kenya Red Cross Mombasa officials led a Dengue fever sensitisation programme in Shimanzi Railways estate Makande, Mombasa at the weekend.
The region is be prone to mosquito infestation due to its proximity to the Kibarani dumping site, a bushy environment and the Indian Ocean.
Red Cross officials in charge of the programme, Gregory Okal, said they cleared the bushes and sprayed insecticide in the houses in the estate.
Speaking to the Star during the activity, Okal said Mombasa has 115 confirmed cases of Dengue fever and 356 results awaited from a comprehensive laboratory test in Nairobi.
“As the Red cross we have taken this early preventive measure because Dengue is still rampant in Mombasa despite the assurance from experts that it has been contained,” he said.
Okal said many areas in Mombasa have been sprayed and sensitisation sessions held for residents. He said the campaign against the fever will be extended to every region in the country.
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-123719/ministry-fights-dengue-fever
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