In order to prevent Dengue fever affectively, the Anding District Office gathered around 600 conservation volunteers from 16 villages and societies in the district for the orientation and oath-taking ally in the morning on July 26th. Together the District Supervisor Zhu Dong, head nurse Huang of Health Center, and leader Chen of the cleaning unit of Environmental Protection Bureau explained the importance of disease prevention and the main points of how to proceed source reduction by cleaning up ponding in various containers.
The District Supervisor Zhu Dong indicated that even the prevention work has been initiated for a long time, it was difficult to completely prevent Dengue fever due to human movements. Although there were 3 illness cases, the source of infection was not inside Anding district. However, it is extremely important to prevent any spreading of infection among societies in the district. Even there were the Office’s educational lectures on environment cleaning up days; some elders in the countryside might overlook the seriousness. As a result, he hoped every conservation volunteer could be a seed to spread the correct disease prevention concept in each society.
As for the mistaken thought on prevention, such as retaining rainwater to water flowers and vegetables, or more chemical spray from the government, the District Supervisor Zhu Dong explained each and every myths and mistakes. With his own prevention experience, he also instructed the volunteers that source reduction is the most effective way which should be continuously done in a long term. If there are still violations after warning, the district office, Health Center, and Environmental Protection Bureau will have to issue infringement notice. Cooperation of all folks is the key of disease prevention.
Contact person: 5921116 to extension 156, Cai Chui-qing of Civil Affairs, Community and Cultural Services Section of Anding District Office
