There are little visible efforts are in place to contain dengue

Dengue is taking a serious turn. As of Tuesday, the death toll rose to 27 with 3,601 more hospitalisations across the country since January this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. The number of daily hospitalisations has topped 200. Added to these worrying figures is the past year’s horrific dengue experience, and there is every reason to think that the dengue outbreak will be hazardous this year also. The infestation of this viral disease can be much higher than the previous year, if an aggressive approach is not taken right at this moment.
When the number of both cases and deaths from dengue are rising rapidly, there are visibly little efforts from the government to prevent and treat dengue patients. There is very little effort to kill mosquitoes in the neighbourhoods by Dhaka’s two city corporations.

There are two ways to deal with most diseases: one is curing the disease once it appears with symptoms and the other is preventing it before a person is attacked with it. Since dengue is a vector-borne disease and Aedes species of mosquitoes are its carrier, it is very important to be cautious about the mosquito bite particularly during the monsoon. This is because the rainy season provides an ample environment for their breeding.
People must be cautious about dengue. Aedes mosquitoes lay eggs in accumulated clean water in such objects as plastic bottles, cans, tyres or any open container like them. Even water from such household appliances like refrigerators can be a place where Aedes can multiply. That is why it is very vital to spread these facts among the people in order to prevent dengue. The truth is campaign programmes for disseminating the information holds the key.

But since people in general in our country put less emphasis regarding the importance of developing awareness about a disease, they now need to be made aware of the key dengue facts.
It is also important that a person needs to understand how he can distinguish a common viral fever from the dengue. The symptoms of dengue include high fever with at least two of the complications: headache, pain behind eyes, nausea, vomiting, swollen glands, joint or muscle pain and rash. Once the disease is identified, it is always better the patient is hospitalised and given treatment there.
In treating dengue patients, making general people aware of the disease as well as killing mosquitoes, the government must be very proactive to prevent a dengue disaster.