A ten-fold increase in dengue cases within the last 10 years is worrying the government, prompting it to order all relevant government agencies to take measures to halt the upward trend.
This should result in closer monitoring, greater enforcement, enhancement of prevention measures, and better public education in schools.
A nationwide campaign to clean up schools will be launched in September to encourage full participation from students and teachers to ensure that their schools are aedes-free.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak said the current statistics showed that 156.1 out of 100,000 people had dengue, up from 132.5 out of 100,000 people last year.
“Last year over 33,000 people were hospitalised with dengue and the upward trend is continuing this year.
"In the last decade, 599 people had died of dengue and this is worrying,” he told reporters after chairing the Cabinet Committee meeting on Health and Cleanliness at his office yesterday.
Source
Malaysian Medical News: keeping you up to date with news sourced from various online sites, put in one place for your convenience, with a searchable archive
No comments:
Post a Comment