Pest Exterminators Association of the Philippines Anti-dengue campaign. The season for spread of vector-borne diseases has kicked in, and Dengue virus thrives during this period.
The Pest Exterminators Association of the Philippines (PEAP) in Partnership with Several Rotary Clubs in Metro Manila, Philippines; launched a special campaign against dengue with the theme “FIGHT THE BITE”, by providing free mosquito misting/fogging for several public schools in Metro Manila last March 23, 2021, to prevent the breeding of disease-carrying mosquitoes.
The Anti-Dengue is an advocacy of Pest Exterminators Association of the Philippines (PEAP), an event to increase public awareness of dengue, to mobilize resources for its prevention and control, and to demonstrate its member’s commitment in tackling the disease.
Several PEAP Pest Control company members have provided manpower by sending their pest control technicians to the show their support for the Dengue Day activity.
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Dengue Incidence and the Prevention and Control Program in The Philippines.
There are at least five major factors that influence the transmission of dengue disease which include the dengue virus, the human as the host, the environmental condition such as cleanliness, the vectors and its behavior and the climate change.
Due to these multiple factors that influence the disease pathophysiology and transmission of dengue virus, the control of mosquito-borne viral infection is very challenging and different from managing other infectious diseases.
In addition, the rapid urbanization, population growth and human behavior together with international travel, making the control of dengue transmission even more difficult.
What is dengue fever?
1. Dengue is a viral disease, transmitted by the infective bite of a particular mosquito known as Aedes Aegypti.
2. Human being develops the disease after 56 days of being bitten by an infective mosquito.
3. It occurs in two forms, Classical Dengue fever also known as ‘break bone’ fever and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) which is life-threatening.
4. It is very common after the rainy season and highly contagious. Dengue spreads from one person to another through mosquito bites. It is widespread in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
5. Dengue can affect anybody, irrespective of their age and gender. However, deaths are common amongst children during DHF outbreak.
6. The mosquito-borne disease is endemic in more than 100 countries in the WHO regions of Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific.
America, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions are the most seriously affected.
