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UMT, community join forces to fight Aedes

UMT, community join forces to fight Aedes

Sunday, 20/08/2023

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People have been blaming each other for the rise in dengue fever cases in the country.

Local communities have been accused of not maintaining cleanliness and ensuring that containers filled with standing water were destroyed in an effort to prevent reproduction of the mosquitoes.

”Aedes mosquitoes are around because people lack the knowledge of how to prevent them from breeding,” said Dr Arnie A. Rahim, Director of Health Centre, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), during her speech at UMT Gotong-Royong with Kg. Kubang Badak Community Programme 2023 in Kuala Nerus recently.

Often people do not cooperate when the authority carries out the fogging activities on several reasons, she said.

She said the programme was held to allow everyone to be involved in the effort to prevent dengue, which is dangerous access and can lead to death.

“Dengue prevention programmes such as Fight Aedes every year have helped to prevent dengue epidemic at UMT campus and the surrounding communities in Kuala Nerus.

UMT not only focuses on academic but also the condition of the residential colleges when it comes to its students, she said.

“It is UMT’s responsibility and priority to create awareness of the importance of environmental cleanliness and the causes and danger of dengue to society.”

She added the dengue epidemic can be controlled if all parties work together to prevent the breeding of aedes mosquitoes.

“Thus it is important that all parties play their part in maintaining the cleanliness around their houses and if needed organize a gotong royong more frequently for the effort to succeed.”

Taking part in the programme were 150 participants from Kuala Nerus Office of Health, Kuala Nerus District and Land Office, Kg. Kubang Badak community, and UMT Diploma and STEM Foundation students.

 

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