Health Protection Agency (HPA) has decided to begin a Dengue awareness campaign, in association with Housing Development Corporation and World Health Organisation.
HPA stated that government and private institutions will participate in the campaign. The campaign is initiated as January is recorded as a month which sees an increase in Dengue-related cases, according to HPA.
HPA added that the participants of the campaign will deliver information on individual responsibilities to control dengue outbreak and on preventive measures. HPA aims to conduct similar campaigns in Male' city and Villingili.
Dengue is endemic in the Maldives, with prevention and control of the illness solely dependant on effective mosquito control measures.