Dengue Patrol Program 2017

Background

Vision:
Unite to fight against dengue in an effort to make Malaysia dengue-free

Mission:

To equip and empower students as an educator and influential people to act as an ambassador for the prevention of dengue.

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What Is Dengue?

Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical diseases caused by the dengue virus and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Contrary to common misconception, dengue fever is an urban disease. People living in urban and suburban areas are at greatest risk for this virus infection.

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How This Dengue Spread?

Dengue mosquitoes are not born with the dengue virus. When a dengue mosquito bites someone who is infected and becomes a carrier of the virus. The mosquitoes carry the virus for life and can infect many people. The virus is called Flavivirus. Flavivirus is transmitted by infected female Aedes mosquitoes. The mosquito becomes infected when it bites a person with Flavivirus in their blood. Only female mosquitoes transmit the dengue virus. They're often found living around sources of stagnant water in built-up areas, such as wells, water storage tanks or old car tyres. Dengue is not spread from person to person. You can get it again if you have had it before, as you will only be immune to one particular variant of the virus.

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What Are The Symptoms of Dengue Fever?

• Sudden high fever
• Headache
• Pain behind the eyes
• Nausea
• Severe joint and muscles pain
• Vomiting
• Fatigue
• Skin rash
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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How To Prevent?

1. Stay away from heavily populated residental area if possible
2. Use mosquito repellent
3. Wear covered clothes (protective clothing), long-sleeved shirts and long pants are ideal
4. Use air conditioner if available 
5. If you have symptoms of dengue, contact your doctor immediately
6. Sleep under a mosquito net
7. Be aware of your environment

No Aedes No Dengue

That's the spirit LOL

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Where Dengue Is Commonly Found?

Dengue is not found in the UK. Cases in the UK only occur in people who have recently traveled to an area where the virus is common.

Dengue is mostly found in parts of:

• Southeast Asia
• The Pacific Islands
• The Indian Subcontinent
• Africa
• The Caribbean
• Australia
• South and Central America 

You can use the world travel guide to find out if dengue is a risk in a country you are planning to visit.
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Our School Activity

A briefing was held before the gotong-royong started

Teachers and students work together to keep our beloved school dengue-free

Cleaning the drains and keeping our surroundings clean the best we can

There was actually an interesting story behind the right picture we'd like to randomly share with you.
Those girls weren't actually looking if there was a fish but they were rescuing a lizard to get it out of the drain hahaha ._.

Everyone had a good time and did well keeping our school dengue-free
NO AEDES NO DENGUE
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