11 Dec 2017

Search for mosquito-borne diseases campaign in Cook

From , 6:01 am on 11 December 2017

Health officials in Cook Islands are inspecting houses this week and next looking for possible mosquito breeding places.

The aim is safeguard against the diseases often transmitted by mosquitoes, such as dengue.

The National Mass Cleaning Campaign or Tutaka campaign has been running for 40 years and happens twice each year.

The acting manager of Public Health inspectors, Charlie Ave, spoke with Sela Jane Hopgood.

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Mosquito Photo: CDC Prof. Frank Hadley Collins, Dir., Cntr. for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Notre Dame)