Dengue brigades pushed

TALISAY barangays and schools are encouraged to form “dengue brigades” to help prevent dengue outbreaks in the different parts of the city.

This brigade would seek to reinforce the city’s intensive drive against dengue, said Talisay City Councilor Richard Francis Aznar, who sponsored a resolution for the creation of the brigade.

“The Barangay Dengue Brigade seeks to reinforce the city dengue intensive drive against dengue by going back to the basics of comprehensive vector control supported by environmental manipulation and modification. It calls for regular weekly dengue information campaign and cleanup drives spearheaded by the barangay leaders and includes the active participation of community volunteers,” said Aznar, who heads the committee on health.

“The campaign urges families, barangay leaders and youth councils to aggressively  seek and clean out possible mosquito breeding sites every week especially in areas that continue to experience clustering dengue cases or where there are high cases of dengue,” he added.

Aznar also cited the importance of the school’s role in the campaign.

He said school authorities to implement search-and-destroy actions at the school premises at least every week. /Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus