Eradicating a menace: Dengue awareness drive in five districts

Provincial health minister has directed health officials to take all possible measures to eradicate dengue virus


Our Correspondent September 13, 2015

KARACHI: The health department plans to ensure proper fumigation and launch a dengue awareness drive in five districts - Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Thatta, Sujawal and Tando Allahyar - from next week. On the directives of provincial health minister, Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar, a meeting on dengue awareness programme will be held today (Monday) at the Hyderabad health director-general's office, where health officials will discuss the upcoming drive. Dahar has directed health officials to take all possible measures to eradicate dengue virus from the targeted districts.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th,  2015.

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