Dengue epidemic in Reunion near 6,000 cases
July 15 2018
Officials with Public Health France have reported an additional 158
biologically confirmed and probable dengue fever cases in one week,
bringing the total laboratory confirmed or probable cases to 5,970 since
the beginning of the year.and 17 cases of severe dengue.
Despite the entry into the southern winter, the epidemic continues at
a sustained level. Moreover, there is an increasing dispersion of cases
on the island, especially in the northern and southern communes.
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018, the Prefect of Reunion Island, in
consultation with the Director General of the Regional Health Agency
(ARS) Indian Ocean, decided to activate level 4 of the specific ORSEC
device for the fight against arboviruses: ” Medium intensity epidemic “. The transition to level 4 of the ORSEC device is accompanied by the
launch or reinforcement of several dengue control devices to include:
- Remobilization of all actors to reinforce
coordinated neighborhood cleaning, public awareness and elimination of
breeding sites in areas affected by dengue fever.
- Acceleration of the recruitment of “Pathways-Employment-Skills” assisted contracts dedicated
to the reinforcement of cleaning operations of the public space,
elimination of breeding places, raising of the population door-to-door
or with structures of public reception, etc …
- Activation of the RSMA in support of vector
control: 32 volunteers accompanied by 4 supervisors will carry out
during this month of July to the field interventions, including mosquito
control, alongside the 120 anti-vector control agents of the ARS
OI. They will complete the already reinforced 28 temporary staff and
several support missions provided by Mayotte’s ARS OI vector control
teams.
- Progressive deployment of volunteers in civic service :
in order to strengthen communication and information with the general
public, volunteers in civic service will soon be mobilized by approved
host organizations (local authorities, public administrations and
institutions, associations, …) . They will intervene in particular in
schools, in centers of holidays and leisure or training, in centers of
reception for the elderly, with the disadvantaged people, local
authorities, associations of districts, community, cultural, etc
- Distribution of repellents to target audiences :
in addition to numerous communications regularly reminding the
importance of the use of these protective products, a support system by
the ARS OI should allow the next return to distribute free bottles of
repellents in the immediate circle of infected people, and thus help to
limit the spread of the disease gradually.
- Sensitization of doctors and pharmacists : GPs
will be reminded of the importance of continuing to prescribe biological
confirmation to anyone with symptoms of dengue fever, with confirmed
cases of dengue being routinely transmitted to the LRA by public
laboratories and private island. Doctors and pharmacists will also be
sensitized to the importance of promoting prevention.
- Reinforcement of communication : At the start of
the school year, a new major communication campaign will be launched
(radio spots, TV spots, poster campaigns) to continue to remind the
population of preventive measures.
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