In a bid to control the spread of dengue in Chitwan in central Nepal, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has teamed up with Nepal Army to "search and kill' mosquitoes in every household, Chandeshwor Prasad Yadav, vector control inspector at the division said.
Apart from Chitwan, similar campaign will be launched in Rupandehi district on Saturday.
According to Saturday's Republica daily, EDCD decided to start door-to-door campaign to raise awareness about dengue after district headquarter-based efforts to contain the disease failed.
A total of 390 people, including Nepal Army personnel and health volunteers, will work on the program from Saturday. The decision to involve army came after an all-party meeting at District Disaster Management Committee where battalion chief of Bharatpur barrack decided to send 70 soldiers to combat the disease.
During the week-long campaign, awareness programs will also be organized in rural areas, Mahendra Prasad Shrestha, chief of District Public Health Office said. "We had to initiate door-to- door campaign after a program that focused on specific places of the city failed to control spread of the disease," Shrestha said.
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