An article from The Himalayan Times :
" CHITWAN: With dengue raging on in Chitwan, the District Disaster Management Committee has mobilised Nepali Army and Armed Police Force personnel to kill the disease-causing mosquitoes in Bharatpur municipality from today. Dr Mahedra Prasad Shrestha of the District Public Health Office (DPHO) said the committee had mobilised other stakeholders to bring the disease under control. He asked all to take part in the door-to-door campaign that is going on in Bharatpur and Ratnanagar.
The committee has also decided to continue the awareness drive and remove things like old tyres in which disease-causing mosquitoes thrive. Meanwhile, a study report of the DPHO and the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has confirmed that dengue is still beyond control, despite a decrease in the number of patients. “We are yet to bring the disease under control,” conceded Rakesh Thakur, the division’s senior officer. According to DPHO, blood tests confirmed that 534 out of the total of 2,624 patients in the district had dengue. Sixty-five out of 647 patients were tested Leptosprirosis positive, while H1N1 (swine flu) virus was found in 24 patients."
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