LAHORE:
A plan to observe Anti-Dengue Day on Sunday (today) has been finalised by the Higher Education and Health Departments.
According to a press release issued by the Higher Education Department on Saturday, all public and private sector educational institutions will remain open on Sunday (today).
Teachers will meet parents and a number of walks will be held in different cities where teachers, volunteers and public representatives will participate. Educational institutions will set up camps to distribute pamphlets and posters will be put up on prominent locations providing information on the disease.
Institutions will also organise seminars. A camp will be set up in every college to register volunteers. All administrative officers will spend two hours in the field to review the steps taken.
The volunteers will train teachers in how to eradicate dengue while master trainers will impart training to staff. Monitoring teams will also visit private sector institutions to ensure measures against dengue have been taken. All government and private colleges have been asked to remove waste and debris from their campuses with the help of the City District Government and Lahore Waste Management Company. The departments have also been directed to observe Anti-Dengue Day on September 2.
All students have been directed to wear full-sleeve shirts from Monday.
Health Department
All senior Health Department officers have been directed to visit teaching hospitals and District and Tehsil Headquarters hospitals in the province on Sunday.
A meeting was held under Special Health Secretary Dawood Muhammad Bareach to review arrangements made by the department.
Additional Health Secretary (Administration) Dr Sajid Mehmood Chohan, Additional Secretary (Establishment) Asfandyar Khan, Additional Health Secretary (Technical) Dr Anwar Janjua, Deputy Secretary (Admn) Dr Bilal Haider and Deputy Secretary (Medical Officers) Rana Saleem Afzal were among the participants.
The meeting was informed that Health Secretary Arif Nadeem, Bareach and Health Director General Dr Nisar Cheema will visit hospitals and other medical institutions in district Sheikhupura, Kasur and Sialkot respectively. Additional secretaries and deputy secretaries have been told to review activities planned in Lahore.
The administrations of all government medical colleges, teaching hospitals, DHQ and THQ hospitals have been directed to arrange seminars and walks for public awareness and a special cleanliness campaign in their institutions. Medical college students and Health Department officials will also participate in the door-to-door awareness campaign. All Health Department offices will remain open on September 2.
Institute of Public Health
The faculty, staff and students of Institute of Public Health will hold a seminar and walk on Anti-Dengue Day.
This was said by IPH Dean Dr Muaz Ahmed to faculty and students of the institute. The walk will be held from Birdwood Road to Jail Road.
Vigil against dengue
Students, civil society representatives and the Lahore Water Management Company (LWMC) communication wing on Saturday observed a candle light vigil at Hussain Chowk in connection with Anti Dengue Day.
The vigil started at 8pm and continued till midnight.
UET Environment and Horticulture Society and Kinnaird College students participated and distributed awareness material on all four roads approaching Hussain Chowk. The LWMC social mobilization wing also pasted awareness stickers in the area and briefed passersby on the importance of cleanliness to combat the disease. Animated movies prepared by LWMC and documentaries from other departments were screened on the venue.
Earlier, an awareness activity was held at the Islamia Boys Model Secondary School Mehmood Booti. An LWMC team visited the school to conduct a special cleanliness and awareness activity.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2012.
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It is very important to observe sanitary condition in our surrounding. Dengue mosquito breeds on waste and garbage. There are heaps of garbage are seen in Gujranwala. Municipal authority is not serious in cleaning the city. Whenever rain falls, the city presents the sight of river. Dirty water flows in streets.