Don't be complacent says DOH

 (SunStar) - DEPARTMENT of Health-Cordillera Administrative Region (DOH-CAR) Dengue Program coordinator Dr. Alexei Marreros said the public should not be complacent even as the number of dengue cases has dropped 38 percent.


According to Marrero, rains still come and go, which means mosquito breeding sites still abound in the surroundings, reason not to slack in cleanup drives.

Marrero reported that based on recent data of DOH-CAR, cases of dengue in Cordillera is down by 38 percent, from 6,172 in 2010 to 3,791 this year.

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In Abra, there is a decrease from 376 in 2010 to 362 cases this year; Apayao, from 199 to 34 (83 percent decrease); Baguio City, from 1,270 to 468 (63 percent decrease); Benguet, from 1,112 to 430 (61 percent decrease); Ifugao, from 1,092 to 98 (17 percent decrease); Kalinga, from 1,019 to 795 (22 percent decrease); and Mountain Province, from 856 to 511 (40 percent decrease).

However, there was an increase in deaths recorded pegged at 17 cases this year compared to the 13 cases reported last year. Age bracket of deaths ranges from as young as one year old to 57 years old.

On dengue mortality per province, Abra, Apayao, Kalinga registered four cases each, two in Baguio City, and one in Apayao.

Meantime, the DOH, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology is distributing ovicidal/larvicidal (OL) trap kits effective in fighting dengue-carrier mosquitoes to pre-identified dengue prone communities in Cordillera.

According to Marrero, 15,000 OL trap kits were allocated for Baguio City; 6,000 to Paracelis, Mountain Province; 5,000 to Alfonso Lista Ifugao; and 10,000 for Tabuk City, Ifugao.




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