The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has sent the recommendations of the International Anti-Dengue Seminar held last week to the Punjab Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education for necessary action.
This was informed by Dean IPH Professor Dr. Zarfashan Tahir in a statement issued here.
She said that these recommendations would be helpful in prevention of dengue and the further improvement of treatment facilities for patients affected by the virus. She added that these recommendations contain the opinions and suggestions of local as well as foreign doctors, clinicians, vector control experts, environmental health experts who participated in the seminar, which they expressed based on their long experience and competence.
She said that experts of the institute divided the above mentioned recommendations into four different parts and these recommendations include clinical management i.e. care of dengue patients in the hospitals, Vector Control i.e. measures to prevent dengue mosquito breeding with a new strategy, Disease Diagnosis and Community Participation i.e. recommendations to ensure the participation of the common people in activities to eliminate the breeding sites of dengue mosquitoes and raise public awareness in this regard. Dr. Zarfishan Tahir said that by organizing the international seminar, local doctors and public health experts had got an opportunity to benefit from the experience of experts from other countries.
