Written by DAP NEWS -- Friday, 06 November 2009
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
At least 34 people have died and 1,886 Cambodians have been infected by dengue fever so far in 2009, accor- ding to an official from the Cambod- ian National Fighting Dengue Fever (CNFDF) on Thursday.
The officer reported that the number of cases decreased compared to 2007 and 2008.
Chief of the Health Ministry’s CNFDF Ngan Chantha claimed cases are down about 40 percent because Cambodians were eliminating mosquito breeding grounds.
“Please, all Cambodians, clean our environment and surroundings of houses because prevention is better than cure,” he said.
Assistance from the Asian Devel- opment Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) has helped the fight against dengue, he said. He told DAP News Cambodia that children less than 15 years of age had fallen victim to the mosquito-born disease.
In 2008, 56 people died and 7,734 were infected. In 2007, there were 393 dengue deaths and 38,390 infections. The campaign to eliminate mosquitoes is said to be very important to Cambodians. Treated n ets are becoming ever more popular.
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