The Ministry of Health of Aparecida de Goiania, from Monday (20) another integrated measure of fight Aedes aegypti. The event will be centered in the Jardim Tiradentes Gym and will run until Thursday (23. In total, 60 SMS professionals will be working in these three days, visiting homes and collecting tyres.
We cannot give the mosquito a chance to reproduce so as not to see a sharp increase in cases as in previous years. Therefore, with the intensification of the rainy season, we have taken preventive measures and have also taken specific measures to contain the transmission of diseases through Aedes. And in this SMS business, the participation of the residents is essential. So we welcome our agents, their work saves lives. Do your part and don’t harbor dengue mosquitoes during the rainy season,” Mayor Gustavo Mendanha highlights.
SMS Environmental Health Monitoring Coordinator, Iron Pereira, explains that the procedure will consist of home visits, educational activities and tire collection at tire repair shops, yards, roads and vacant lot. “Jardim Tiradentes is one of the neighborhoods with the highest number of cases so far in the city, which is why we have the support of the residents in another fight against AIDS,” he noted.
Health teams will instruct residents on how to combat the spread of mosquitoes that lay their eggs in containers such as cans, empty bottles, tires, gutters, open water tanks, plant pots or anything else that can store rainwater. During home visits, agents will also inspect yards for potential mosquito breeding sites.
Water tanks should always be covered. The best medicine to fight mosquitoes is prevention. With a maximum of ten minutes a week, it is possible to inspect the yard and get rid of all kinds of substances that can accumulate water and serve as a host for larvae ”- complements Iron.
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According to data from SMS, Aparecida collected 7,629 dengue cases in 2021. Jardim Tiradentes is currently the third district with the highest number of reported cases, with a total of 253. The first being Colina Azul and Burretti Sereno with 389 and 330 respectively.
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