Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) organised an awareness seminar on dengue prevention and control on Thursday. The seminar was organised by the Department of Entomology, PMAS-AAUR and attended by all academic heads, faculty members, staff and a large number of students. PMAS-AAUR, Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Qamar Zaman said that awareness could play a key role in fighting dengue because prevention is far better than cure.
It is responsibility of every citizen to play a role for controlling dengue, he said and urged the people to adopt all possible precautionary measures against dengue. He also informed the participants that a special dengue eradication campaign was launched by the university and asked the students and teachers to take active part in anti-dengue awareness campaign. Faculty of Sciences Dean Prof Mazhar Qayyum, and Department of Entomology Prof Muhammad Tariq gave lectures on symptoms of dengue fever, prevention and control.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 25th, 2020.
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