The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has re-activated dengue fever surveillance cell at District Health Office, Islamabad.
The cell would work under the supervision of Surveillance Co-ordinator, Dr M Najeeb Durrani. The cell would monitor the admission of new dengue patients’ cases in different hospitals of Islamabad.
As part of preventive measures, the administration also planned to start first round of fumigation campaign and spray in high risk areas of the rural area of Islamabad very shortly.
This activity would be supervised by the District Health Officer, Islamabad, Dr M Azhar Khan. The cell has been activated on the special directions of the Chief Commissioner Islamabad, Tariq Mahmood Pirzada and Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed. Earlier, the administration has launched first round of drive in the rural areas against dengue and social mobilization is under way. Over 60,000 pamphlets were distributed in the community for creating awareness about preventive measures against dengue. The Polyclinic in collaboration with ICT Administration and WHO is also organizing the first capacity building workshop from March 19 to March 22 for all important `Health Care Providers’ from Islamabad hospitals including CDA hospital, NESCOM, PIMS, Shifa International and medical officers from the health department of Islamabad.
The workshop would cover all important areas for prevention and control of dengue fever in summer and prepare the health care providers for the forthcoming season.
The topics in the workshop are surveillance, monitoring the trend of disease, vector control, social mobilization and clinical
