The INHP has been initiating since May 14, 2022, a mosquito control campaign in Cocody in order to fight against the dengue epidemic which is raging in Abidjan.
The director in charge of vaccinology at the INHP, Pr Tiembré Isaac, indicated that this campaign, under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, follows a dengue epidemic declared in Abidjan two weeks ago. Measures have been taken, in particular vector control, which consists of the destruction of mosquitoes.
It is done in two stages, namely the identification and elimination of breeding sites characterized by the breeding grounds of mosquitoes, as well as the spraying and fumigation of insecticides in order to destroy them.
The epicenter of dengue is in the town, precisely in the old tires and abandoned containers, places of water storage, the leaves of trees, hence the starting point of this campaign which will extend to the other municipalities depending on the evolution of the epidemic.
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According to Professor Tiembré, the INHP is at the forefront of surveillance which enabled it to discover the disease early and led to the implementation of the response system. He invited the populations to a change of mentality by avoiding creating mosquito nests by their attitude.
Dengue or “tropical flu” is a disease transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito, carrier of one of the four viruses of the disease. There is no direct person-to-person transmission.
Dengue occurs mainly throughout the intertropical zone. According to current estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), there could be 50 to 100 million cases worldwide each year.
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Symptoms are most often flu-like (fever, headache, body aches) appear within three to 14 days after the mosquito bite. Dengue affects infants, young children and adults alike. Most often benign although disabling, dengue can however be complicated by hemorrhagic forms.
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