30283: Karshan (news) Dengue in DR (probably in Haiti too) (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: MKarshan@aol.com

DR1 News March 27, 2007
8. Is dengue fever back?
After  spending months out of the headlines, Public Health officials are
addressing the  recent concerns of another dengue fever outbreak. The Public
Health minister is  reporting 1,000 new cases up to this point in the year, for 
an
average of 400  dengue cases per every month in 2007. Listin Diario writes
that 3 people have  died this year due to dengue. Minister Bautista Rojas says
that if dengue fever  continues to spread unattended it could infect 6,000
people by the end of the  year. The ministry nationwide fumigation plans to
eliminate the Aedes aegypti  mosquito, which transmits the fever. Health 
Minister
Bautista Rojas explained  that in comparison to 2006, when 52 people died from
the fever, the rate of  infection has decreased. He also added that the goal is
to continue decreasing  the rate of infection. On 17 April the Health Ministry
will begin its education  and sanitation campaign.



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