Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has asked every person and family in Bangladesh to spend 30 minutes to an hour at least twice a week cleaning their homes, surroundings and paths to curb dengue. In a video message posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday (14 October), he stressed destroying the breeding sites of Aedes mosquitoes.
Stagnant water in corners of homes, on roads and around them, and rubbish that lets water collect, help the mosquito breed, the prime minister said. Clearing these places could bring real progress against dengue.
On the dengue vaccine, he said that although vaccines have been developed, trials have shown limits to their effectiveness, so destroying breeding sites remains one of the most effective measures.
He said Bangladesh has about 25 million school, college and university students, and about 4 million members of the BNCC, Scouts, Girl Guides, Rover Scouts and Red Crescent, who have been cleaning up rubbish in districts and upazilas every Saturday for about a month.
Noting frequent newspaper reports of people of all ages falling ill and dying of dengue, the prime minister said a collective effort could spare many families the pain of losing loved ones, and that his government wants to solve problems with people's participation.
Photo: Econt / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Aedes mosquito larvae in standing water, a representative picture
Source: Desh Rupantor
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