Hillihang rural municipality has started a school-based dengue control campaign. Under the leadership of the health department, a dengue control campaign focused on students and parents has been started.
In the campaign, teachers, students and parents have been given practical exercises on the procedures to destroy mosquito larvae and flowers along with orientation on the habitats of mosquitoes that spread dengue infection, possible places where they can bloom and the precautions to be taken for control.
According to Chandra Ghimire, head of the health department of the rural municipality, 18 people were infected with dengue in this rural municipality last year. This month, a woman from Hilihang-2 has been diagnosed with infection and is undergoing treatment.
Ghimire said that such a program was started because awareness programs conducted at the school level have an impact on the community. According to him, the campaign has been conducted in 12 schools so far.
Village Chairman Samar Bahadur Adhikari informed that such a campaign has been scheduled to be conducted every 15-15 days.
Aedes mosquitoes are especially dangerous for dengue. Such mosquitoes spread more during summer and rain. Therefore, avoiding dengue means avoiding the bites of these mosquitoes. Because its bite and infection can be very deadly.
Dengue is transmitted by mosquitoes that have developed into larvae from flowers fertilized by Aedes mosquitoes and bite humans. Therefore, doctors suggest that water should not be allowed to freeze around the house.
The symptoms of dengue do not appear immediately, they appear after three to 14 days. If it is infected, you will experience extreme chills and fever. However, dengue fever is much more intense than common fever.
A patient infected with dengue experiences weakness, dizziness and even fainting, changes in the taste of the tongue, loss of appetite, diarrhea, headache and backache and in severe cases, bleeding from the eyes, nose, etc. are seen.
Mosquitoes can escape by burning neem leaves and spreading its smoke in the house. In order to prevent the spread of such mosquitoes, measures such as not to leave open water dishes, to keep the kitchen and bathroom dry, to put screens on the windows and doors, to wear clothes that cover the whole body, to use hammocks while sleeping and to scatter mosquito killers around the house, information has been given through the awareness campaign.
