Ho Chi Minh City: Strengthening communication on prevention and control of Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Does the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education require good environmental sanitation to strengthen dengue fever prevention?
Based on Official Dispatch 1947/SGDĐT-CTTT in 2022, guiding the strengthening of communication on dengue fever prevention and control, there are requirements to implement a number of contents as follows:
- Continue to implement Official Letter No. 1375/SGDĐT-CTTT dated May 5, 2012 of the Department of Education and Training on strengthening the prevention and control of infectious diseases in schools in 2022; Dispatch No. 1785/SGDĐT-CTTT dated May 1, 2022 of the Department of Education and Training on continuing to strengthen the prevention and control of summer epidemics in 2022 in educational institutions.
- Implement well environmental sanitation in schools, prevent and control infectious diseases, educate students on environmental hygiene, form awareness and habits from an early age.
- Communicating to officials, teachers, staff, students' parents and students on the prevention and control of Dengue hemorrhagic fever compiled by the City Center for Disease Control (communication document attached). ).
Ho Chi Minh City: Strengthening communication on prevention and control of Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
What are the symptoms of Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Pursuant to Section 2, Section 3 of the Content promulgated together with Official Letter 1947/SGDĐT-CTTT in 2022, there are guidelines on signs of Dengue hemorrhagic fever as follows:
Symptoms of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever:
+ Sudden high fever, continuously for 2 days or more and does not decrease when taking antipyretic drugs.
+ There are signs of bleeding (from the 2nd, 3rd day onward): spots, hemorrhagic plaques under the skin, bleeding gums, nose, vomiting or diarrhea, blood in urine, women with early or heavy menstruation .
+ Tired people.
+ Pain: head, behind eye sockets, abdomen, muscles, joints
- Go to the doctor right away when there are warning signs of serious illness:
+ Vomiting a lot, abdominal pain a lot.
+ There are signs of bleeding: Nosebleeds, bleeding gums; vomiting blood; black stools; Vaginal bleeding in women.
+ In children, it is necessary to pay attention to the signs of cold hands and feet, the child has no fever but is still tired.
How to prevent Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
In Section 4 of the content issued together with Official Dispatch 1947/SGDĐT-CTTT of 2022 of the Ho Chi Minh City SGDDT, instructions on measures to prevent Dengue hemorrhagic fever by killing larvae and mosquitoes are as follows:
- Killing larvae, killing mosquitoes, and preventing mosquito bites are the main methods of disease prevention today. Among them, killing larva is the most important thing. Mosquitoes are also known as noble mosquitoes because they lay their eggs in clean, still water. Any place where water stands for a long time is a breeding ground for mosquitoes. These standing water objects can be right in the house we are living in because we don't pay attention, such as water pots left on the terrace, standing gutters, cups of offering water, flowerpots... or in places where there is dirt. empty around the house, where there is a lot of garbage, there are bottles, water glasses, plastic bags, car tires...
In addition, the content issued together with Official Dispatch 1947/SGDĐT-CTTT 2022 of the Ho Chi Minh City SGDDT also guides the measures each individual and family should take to prevent dengue fever as follows:
(1) Spend 10 - 15 minutes per week to clean up the place you work, live, from inside to around the house, clean up, don't leave any container with standing water to create litter.
(2) Turn over old unused buckets, jars and bottles.
(3) Clean and change water in flower vases, water bowls at least once a week, clean eaves, roofs, gutters,...
(4) Seal the jars, pools and drums containing water when not in use to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs and generating larvae and mosquitoes.
(5) For places where water is not used for drinking, activities can release fish to kill larvae.
(6) Use sprays, incense, mosquito repellant creams, wear long-sleeved clothes, sleep under a mosquito net even during the day to avoid mosquito bites.
The above are the guidelines of the Ho Chi Minh City Education and Training Department on communication to strengthen the prevention of dengue fever.
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