Preliminary evaluation the community-based model for control of dengue fever/dengue haemorrhagic fever through volunteer network in Southern region, 1999-2000
- Author:
Tien Kim Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dengue fever
- MeSH:
Dengue;
therapeutics
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2002;12(1):68-75
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
42 volunteers and 182 households were collected randomly. The results: 49% of households were visited monthly and 41% have had correct knowledge on DF/DHF but almost of them have known larvae and mosquito as the disease vector. 33% of volunteer households had larvae in water containers, while this rate was 42% in inhabitant households. Water containers are now concretely closed in about 60% of the households, and water is regularly renewed in 70% of them. Close cooperation between local authorities, schools and volunteers should be maintained in order to improve the results of these activities
