Cuba: Free of Dengue
Thanks to Epidemiologic
System
Cuba is free of dengue
cases today due to the
existence of an
epidemiological security
service system that
allow to control an
increasing problem
existing all over the
world, affirmed Cuban
deputy minister of
health Gonzalo Estevez.
The doctor emphasized
that the country is free
of infection thanks to
the national
sustainability program
the country is carrying
to fight the aedes
aegypti's mosquito,
carrier of the disease.
In declarations to the
National Information
Agency Estevez explained
that although the
disease appears every
years the purpose is to
eliminate small
outbreaks and cases with
possible diagnose.
He highlighted the
educational actions
within the community,
where the family plays
the main role
intensifying the
searching and defusing
of aedes aegyptis'
breeding grounds which
increase during summer.
Cuba is deeply involved
in dengue's control and
its vector thanks to the
political willingness of
the government and the
abilities of the health
staff, which is
recognized worldwide. |
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