The number of Aedes mosquito breeding grounds has increased

 The number of Aedes mosquito breeding grounds has increased

Compared to the previous year, the number of pots and potential breeding grounds for Aedes mosquito larvae, carriers of dengue fever, has increased in the capital. The mosquito larvae are more prevalent in Mohakhali, Gulshan, Lalmatia and Mohammadpur areas of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Nawabpur, Dayaganj and Distillery Road areas of South City.

This information was found in the pre-monsoon Aedes survey of the Disease Control Branch of the Department of Health. The survey was conducted from March 24 to April 3 by the entomological team of the National Malaria Eradication and AIDS Disease Control Program under the Disease Control Branch of the Department of Health. The survey was conducted in 3,150 houses in 97 wards of two cities of Dhaka. The results of the pre-monsoon survey were released on Wednesday in the auditorium of the old building of the health department. According to the survey, the 'Bruto Index' is more than 10 in 23 wards. This means that Aedes mosquitoes or larvae were found in 10 out of 100 containers in these areas. And more than 20 Bruto indexes have been found in three wards of Dhaka South City Corporation.

The highest Bruto Index was found at 23.33 percent in Ward 45 (Distillery Road) of South City Corporation. Bruto index 20 percent was found in Nawabpur and Dayaganj areas. The Bruto Index of Mohakhali, Gulshan, Mohammadpur and Lalmatia areas of North City Corporation is 16.6 percent. About 24 percent of plastic drum mosquito breeding grounds, up from 19 percent last year. 23.64 percent of the frozen floors are breeding grounds. Last time it was 20.22 percent.

Ekramul Haque, deputy program manager of the National Malaria Eradication and Aedes-Borne Disease Control Program, said mosquitoes were more prevalent in water meters, frozen floors and plastic containers. There was no rain before the survey, meaning that these breeding grounds were man-made. Public awareness and participation in dengue prevention activities is important. Experience over the last few years has shown that children between the ages of 1 and 10 are more susceptible to dengue.

Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health department, said that if the pressure of dengue patients increased in the hospital, the health services of other patients would be disrupted. Such a situation has been observed during Corona. If you can't prevent dengue, you have to push again. If the city corporations do not take necessary steps within the stipulated time, the number of dengue patients will increase.