The early rainy season brought about an upsurge outbreak of this deadly disease.

The Philippines has recorded about 24,689 cases of the mosquito-borne disease, dengue, which is transmitted by a bite of Aedes aegypti, a white spotted mosquito.

There is no known cure or vaccine to fight against dengue fever.

World Health Organization (WHO) said that 2007 could be at par with the 1998, when nearly 1,500 people from Asia died of dengue mostly children and old people who have weak resistance to the virus and die of internal bleeding.

With the continuous unexpected pour of rain, everybody is enjoined to keep physically fit and stay indoor.

Helpful tips:

When staying indoors, always keep our surroundings clean and free of stagnant waters.
Make use of insect repellants. A very good insect repellant is Citronella. A botanically extracted Citronella is safest for all especially our children.
Mosquitoes breeding areas are stagnant water and dark cold areas such as flower vases, uncovered barrels, buckets and discarded tires, but the most dangerous areas are wet shower floors and toilet tanks, as they allow the mosquitoes to breed where we done expect them to.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: A. aegypti
Binomial name Aedes aegypti

(Linnaeus, 1762)

This month of November is themed as “The Clean Air Month”.

With the continuous growing hole in our protective ozone layer, now the size of North America, the non-stop pollution in air and water, how do we see our children’s children future?

Currently, we are experiencing a lot of illnesses unknown before. The harmful effect of our wrong doings has taken its toil on us and is now affecting us physically—through different illnesses such skin asthma, respiratory asthma, and the like.

Fresh air has become a concern—outdoor[C3] as well as indoor.[C4] Remember that we only have a single life to live and we should live it to the fullest.

Let’s work hand in hand with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR) together with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in making –“ Linis Hangin sa Syudad/Munisipyo” a success, a program for anti-air pollution campaign.

You can take a deep breath now!!!