Every Thursday, Tamil Nadu’s Public health Department, will take up one vector-control activity on a campaign mode, to reduce the burden of vector-borne diseases such as dengue.
Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine T.S. Selvavinayagam, has told deputy directors of health services that apart from regular, integrated vector-control activities being carried out in the field, emphasising and strengthening one vector control activity, every Thursday, under a massive campaign mode, would help reduce the burden of the disease.
In line with this, deputy directors are to carry out a tyre removal campaign in the first week (as they can serve as breeding sources), followed by an Aedes-free campaign in schools, colleges and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centres in the second week. Aedes-free campaigns in government and private hospitals, primary health centres (PHC) and Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) premises are to be carried out in the third week, and a similar campaign in other government building premises in the fourth week.
