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Government Designs an Immediate Plan of Action to Combat Dengue <\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>he campaign \u00a8No Breeding Ground, No Mosquitoes, No Mosquitoes, No Dengue,\u00a8 involving 27 government institutions coordinated by the Cabinet for Social Policy, are joining together to support the Ministry of Public Health in its all-out effort to diminish the effects of dengue on the country\u2019s inhabitants. <\/P> The central modus operandi<\/I> of the campaign is based on providing and disseminating information, education and communication about dengue which, for the most part, is affecting Santo Domingo and Santiago.<\/P> Town halls in the National District, Santiago, Santo Domingo West and Santo Domingo East will actively participate in the effort. They will work through neighborhood organizations in an effort to raise consciousness among the population about what to do to eradicate dengue in the most vulnerable areas, according to the President\u2019s Office of Information, Press and Publicity<\/B>. <\/P> The central modus operandi<\/I> of the campaign is based on providing and disseminating information, education and communication about dengue which, for the most part, is affecting Santo Domingo and Santiago.<\/P> Rafael N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Director of the President\u2019s Office of Information, Press and Publicity, said the government has developed an information, communication and dissemination strategy that will be undertaken by organizations and institutions with the help of the town halls. He said that the campaign seeks to diminish the impact of the illness as it provides people with the information they need to understand the origin of dengue and the link between it and leptospirosis (a bacterial disease associated with wild and domestic animals).<\/P> Mr. N\u00fa\u00f1ez said the anti-dengue campaign went into effect last Thursday when participating government institutions began to disseminate the simple message \u201cNo Breeding Ground, No Mosquitoes, No Mosquitoes, No Dengue.\u201d <\/P> The institutions participating in the dengue eradication actions include the town halls of the National District, Santiago de los Caballeros, San Cristobal, Santo Domingo East and Santo Domingo West. <\/P> Other organizations involved include the Office of Labor Risks, the Office of Government Social Subsidies, the Institute of Aid and Housing (INAVI in Spanish), the Public Canteens, the Executive Commission for Health Reform, the Decent Living Community, the National Council for the Handicapped, the National Council for the Elderly, the National Social Security Council and the National Council for Children and Adolescents. <\/P> To that list is added the Office of the First Lady, DIDA, the General Office for Boarder Development, the Dominican Institute of Social Security, the Ministry of Youth, the Women\u2019s Ministry, the Ministry of Public Health, the Presidential Social Assistance Plan, PROCOMUNIDAD, the Solidarity Program, PROMESE-CAL, the National Health Insurance, the Superintendant of Health and Labor Risks, the Treasury of the Social Security office, the Vice President\u2019s Office and the President\u2019s Office of Information, Press and Publicity.<\/P> Mr. N\u00fa\u00f1ez indicated that the campaign seeks to reach the sectors that are most vulnerable to these diseases and to maintain, through communication organizations, an ongoing application of a strategy to keep the public informed and oriented about the risks and prevention of dengue. <\/P> A meeting held in the Green Hall of the National Palace and coordinated by the Government\u2019s Cabinet for Social Policy, was attended by Dr. Bautista Rojas G\u00f3mez, the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance; Roberto Salcedo, Syndicate Town Hall Leader of the National District; Jos\u00e9 Mont\u00e1s, Syndicate Leader of San Cristobal and Maritza L\u00f3pez, of INAVI. <\/P> N\u00fa\u00f1ez, of Information, Press and Publicity, said various sectors of society are getting involved in the task of identification and eradication of the dengue breeding grounds through activities that involve raising awareness and coordinating governmental and community actions as well as youth and neighborhood organizations. <\/P> Government Designs an Immediate Plan of Action to Combat Dengue Dominican Republic, 08\/01\/2010 The campaign \u00a8No Breeding Ground, No Mosquitoes, No Mosquitoes, No Dengue,\u00a8 involving 27 government institutions coordinated by the Cabinet for Social Policy, are joining together to support the Ministry of Public Health in its all-out effort to diminish the effects of dengue … Continue reading “Government Designs an Immediate Plan of Action to Combat Dengue”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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