Vector Control Unit Chief Kim Bautista also discussed this week's Mosquito awareness week. Although the cases of vector borne diseases are low this year, it is important to drive the message home especially in those vulnerable communities. Here's more.
Kim Bautista, Chief of Operations, Vector Control Unit
"The areas that we still see transmission of Dengue and minimal amount of Zika transmission is in the Corozal, Belize and Cayo district, that is for Dengue and the occasional Zika case so the cases for this year, I will tell you that the figures are down. But it is still the same neighborhoods, the same pockets in these districts that remain a challenge. This week is also being observed as Mosquito awareness week. It is the 3rd time that PAHO is spearheading this with the countries in the region and so it being held under the theme "Fight the Bite: Destroy Mosquito Breeding Sites". We have taken the opportunity to partner with the Belize Red Cross this year. They have a Zika project running for 18 months so what we have done is we have selected Corozal, Belize and Cayo and select primary schools within these that are located in hotspots within these districts and we will be working with these schools, doing health talks, introduce garbage drums in the coming weeks and then there is also the introduction of this game called SWAT which is a board game for ZIka that was developed so we will be implementing that in standard 3 in specific target schools."
There will also be cleanup campaign in these areas.
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