I wonder what type of chemicals they are using.

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Mosquito eradication campaign underway in Phnom Penh

by Som Sotheary / Khmer Times
February 28, 2024

A technician sprays insecticide to kill mosquitoes in Phnom Penh last week. Phnom Penh Municipality

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration is conducting a mosquito eradication campaign targeting tiger mosquitoes which is transmitting dengue fever at an increasing rate.

The administration convened a meeting last Thurday to prepare a mosquito eradication plan under the chairmanship of Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng.

On Friday, a working group that included members of the Phnom Penh Municipal Health Department, doctors, relevant district authorities and Brigade 70 met at Phnom Penh City Hall to embark on the mission.

On the first day of the campaign, 15 spray guns were deployed in areas prone to dengue fever, including Dangkor, Kamboul, Por Senchey, Sen Sok and Meanchey districts.

Sreng instructed the Phnom Penh Municipal Health Department to begin by spraying insecticide across all five of the vulnerable districts within one week, and then proceed to the remaining urban areas.

The Department of Health also plans to focus spraying insecticide in water canals around Phnom Penh to eradicate mosquitoes.

The campaign is aimed at reducing the risk of a dengue fever epidemic.

Prime Minister HM noted yesterday in a social media post that promoting the health and well-being of people is an important priority of the Government, and one to which all ministries, institutions and local administrations must pay close attention.

He reminded residents of Phnom Penh to help eliminating tiger mosquito breeding grounds, especially in water containers like old car and motorcycle tyres, empty cans, bottles and other vessels outdoors. Preventing mosquitoes from breeding is one of the most effective ways to halt transmission of dengue fever.

The first phase of the Pentagonal Strategy was implemented last August to promote human capital development. One of its priority tasks is to uphold the health and well-being of the population.

The policy advances strategic goals that focus on reducing mortality caused by non-communicable diseases. It also promotes sound reproductive healthcare to protect the well-being of infants, children and mothers.

The Ministry of Health projects that the incidence of dengue fever in Cambodia will be higher this year than last. The peak of a regularly recurring cycle of infections is occurring this year.

Director of the National Dengue Control Programme of the Ministry of Health, Leang Rithea, confirmed the assessment that there is a higher risk of dengue fever this year based on its cyclical history.

He said that last year dengue fever affected more than 30,000 people across Cambodia.

He added that the illness follows an outbreak cycle every four to five years. The last major outbreak occurred in 2019.

The National Institute of Health reports that the 2019 dengue epidemic was the largest – 68,597 cases – since nationwide surveillance was implemented in 1980.

The number of cases in 2019 represents an increase 3.91 times the average annual incidence across preceding years, and represents 1.64 times the number of cases than the average peak during former epidemic years of 2007 and 2012.

The Ministry of Health has already released directives aimed at containing the dengue fever outbreak.

Public health specialist Dr Quach Mengly said that the disease is common because Cambodia is a tropical nation and no one is immune.

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, transmits dengue fever in Cambodia.

I guess it is the same stuff we use in the hotel: pyrethroids. Harmless unless you drink it straight out of the container.

I had Dengue fever in Saigon 2022 ... meh! ... three days, knocked it out with some home-brewed herbals.

ItWasntMe wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:30 pm

Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:50 pm I had Dengue fever in Saigon 2022 ... meh! ... three days, knocked it out with some home-brewed herbals.

That's good to know.

I had the bleeding one, second time, it wasn't super fun but still fun. Isn't almost dying always fun?

I think so.

I am ready to go ... the world is not doing well ... plus I have had enough fun and adventures to last three or four lifetimes ... If I go tomorrow, no worries ... can go party with mom again ... and some other characters (mostly jar heads) who have moved on.