Dengue Patrol SBPIS: 2015

Thursday

'DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK GRADUAL SPREAD'

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As we know, dengue have no cure but can be avoided by vaccine or activities that prevent the breeding of mosquitoes. Harian Metro have written about this, so let's check it out!

A total of 56.532 cases of dengue with at least 158 deaths nationwide from January to June this year.
National Dengue Operation Room (CPRC), the Health Ministry said in a statement on the website http://idengue.remotesensing.gov.my, Selangor continued to report the highest contributor with 32,483 cases recorded during the period.
It was followed by Perak (5,690 cases), Johor (4,277), Kuala Lumpur (3,578), Penang (2,725) and Sabah (1,404). The increase in dengue cases continue to make the public to stay alert and be aware of their surroundings.

Recognizing dengue is now a health threat to the country, Sanofi Pasteur organized a media workshop in conjunction with the ASEAN Dengue Day to share the latest information on public attitudes towards the epidemic that threatens the country.Dengue is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of the fastest spreading on the planet, more than malaria, which infects at least 390 million people each year.

What is more alarming, when compared with the same period in 2014, deaths due to dengue was nearly 50 percent higher in the first quarter of 2015, with a total of 136 deaths were reported. This means that more than one death occurs every day in the first quarter 2015.Managing Director of the Sanofi Pasteur vaccines division (Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei), Baptiste De Clarens said, following an increase of dengue in Malaysia at the moment, build awareness of dengue should be prioritized.

"In 2014, there was a very high increase in cases of dengue, which is three times more than in 2013. However, what is more worrying is the attitude not what the public about dengue this topic."At Sanofi Pasteur, we feel responsible urged Malaysians to pay attention to dengue. Important for Malaysians to understand the risks of dengue and take proactive steps to protect themselves from the epidemic that is spreading across the country, "he said at a media workshop in conjunction with the ASEAN Dengue Day in Petaling Jaya recently.

Carried by Aedes aegypti, dengue rages in the tropics, with the risk of local variations are influenced by rain, temperature, and rapid urban development and unplanned.

These are the main factors that make Malaysia a high-risk countries. In fact, dengue is endemic in Malaysia where all four serotypes of the dengue virus were found.

Senior Director and Consultant Clinical Microbiology Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (PPUKM), Assoc Prof Dr Zetti Mohamed Rashid said, an increasing number of young people infected with dengue.

"The notion that dengue usually affects children or the elderly and infirm people who are wrong. On the other hand, more active lifestyle, the higher the risk.

"Many young people, especially those with busy daily routine, risk being bitten by an infected mosquito, during their daily routine. All stages of the life-Kiti dengue, even the highest recorded cases among adolescents and young people aged between 15 and 29 years, "he said.Although the number of cases among children is declining, at around 90 per cent of adults in Malaysia were found to be seropositive, this means that dengue antibodies in the body because they are infected with dengue before.

Seropositivite rate was also found to increase with age. Although infection and recovery of the four dengue serotypes provides lifelong immunity to the type serotype may be, but subsequent infection or secondary infection by another serotype of dengue will increase the risk of more severe dengue or dengue haemorrhagic fever (dengue haemorrhagic fever, DHF).

Therefore, adolescents and young adults are at higher risk for more severe dengue infection. Seropositivite a high rate in the population also indicates that the spread of dengue in Malaysia would remain for a long time.

In a study sponsored by Sanofi Pasteur and conducted by global market research company Ipsos, entitled 'Dengue: Knowledge and Understanding Consumer Behavior', the results showed that while 96 percent of 500 adults polled know about dengue, only 38 percent consider dengue fever as a life-threatening illness and only 11 percent feel they are at risk of contracting dengue.Those who take preventive measures such as ensuring a clean environment and prevent the accumulation of water, feel that they are not at risk.

This is a dangerous assumption, because transmission occurs from an infected individual to a mosquito and then to another individual.

Meanwhile, a lecturer from the Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur (UMMC), Prof Datin Dr Chia Yook Chin explained that patients with the most serious symptoms of dengue usually because the slow track.Obviously, a person infected with dengue can undermine even the most healthy individuals than in others. Most patients experience pain, nausea, fatigue and depressed because they are concerned about the level of platelets.

"People need to remember that there is no known cure for dengue and the only way to recover from this infection depends on your body's own immune system.

"The best prevention is to avoid being bitten by the dengue mosquito. However, with our busy daily routine, this is not an easy option, especially for young people fit and active.
"You have to be smart to arrange outdoor activities, avoid out during the evening and early morning when mosquitoes are most active. Take necessary precautions and wear long sleeves and long pants when outdoors and use mosquito repellent, "he said.

Severe dengue can cause organ damage, severe bleeding, dehydration, and even death. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 500,000 people are hospitalized each year because of severe dengue and about 2.5 per cent of those infected have died because of it.
Also present, Associate Medical Director of Sanofi Pasteur Malaysia, Dr Shahnun Ahmad and Managing Director of Ipsos, Katherine Davis.

Source: here

So, let us all prevent dengue so that our beloved ones will always be with us. Thank you for reading!

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'Prevent It!'

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How to prevent dengue? Well, we can see that many posters are talking about "how to prevent dengue", but many of us doesn't care about it. Why? Maybe we have to read this newspaper article to know why and how to prevent dengue.

Kajang: All state government agencies are requested to provide full cooperation to the Ministry of Health in an effort to curb mosquito breeding, which can cause dengue fever.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the agency's lack of cooperation, as much as 60 percent of dengue cases in the country were recorded in Selangor.

Make sure no Aedes
As the agency responsible for the management of solid waste and sanitation, local authorities must ensure that there is no place that allows the breeding of mosquitoes.

All the power in their hands, if they use it for optimum power, many issues can be resolved.
But we were also affected by the level taking over these things and duties (them), he told reporters after visiting the Kajang Hospital yesterday.For example, Dr Subramaniam said the local authorities only represent employees who do not have the power to decide to attend an important meeting at the Ministry of Health.

Can make a decision

We want them to send the President can decide to solve a problem. But they sent an officer can not decide, he said.

From January to February 20 this year, 13,915 cases of dengue fever were reported in the country, including 7,507 cases in the state. Of the 25 deaths due to dengue, nine cases were recorded in Selangor. - BERNAMA

Source: here

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'No Cure for Dengue'

It was followed by Perak (5,690 cases), Johor (4,277), Kuala Lumpur (3,578), Penang (2,725) and Sabah (1,404). The increase in dengue cases continue to make the public to stay alert and be aware of their surroundings.

Recognizing dengue is now a health threat to the country, Sanofi Pasteur organized a media workshop in conjunction with the ASEAN Dengue Day to share the latest information on public attitudes towards the epidemic that threatens the country.Dengue is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of the fastest spreading on the planet, more than malaria, which infects at least 390 million people each year.

These are the main factors that make Malaysia a high-risk countries. In fact, dengue is endemic in Malaysia where all four serotypes of the dengue virus were found.

"The notion that dengue usually affects children or the elderly and infirm people who are wrong. On the other hand, more active lifestyle, the higher the risk.

This is a dangerous assumption, because transmission occurs from an infected individual to a mosquito and then to another individual.

"The best prevention is to avoid being bitten by the dengue mosquito. However, with our busy daily routine, this is not an easy option, especially for young people fit and active.

"You have to be smart to arrange outdoor activities, avoid out during the evening and early morning when mosquitoes are most active. Take necessary precautions and wear long sleeves and long pants when outdoors and use mosquito repellent, "he said.

Also present, Associate Medical Director of Sanofi Pasteur Malaysia, Dr Shahnun Ahmad and Managing Director of Ipsos, Katherine Davis.

Source: here

So, let us all prevent dengue so that our beloved ones will always be with us. Thank you for reading!

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'Dengue Vaccine'

Assalamualaikum. Based on Sinar Harian online, we can prevent from getting dengue fever by getting a vaccine in hospital nearby. Here is the article in the online newspaper.

KUALA LUMPUR - The results of a study on the dengue vaccine awaited and finally introduced last Friday showed 90 percent efficacy in preventing dengue hemorrhagic fever.

French pharmaceutical company, Sanofi revealed in a leading medical journal, The Lancet, detailed results of the Phase III clinical trial conducted in five Asian countries.

More than two-thirds of the global number of illnesses caused by mosquitoes recorded in the region.

Clinical trials conducted on 10,275 healthy children aged between two and 14 years in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Dengue vaccine efficacy study is the first conducted on a large scale.

It is intended to estimate the coverage generated by this vaccine after the last injection of three injections, each spaced six months.

Economic implications

The results indicated that the vaccine provides protection for 80 percent of dengue hemorrhagic fever after one or more injections, and rose to 88.5 percent after three.

According to virologists Malaysia, Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit, it can reduce the cost of hospitalization and health care as the vaccine reduces the incidence of severe dengue by two-thirds.

It can also prevent death.

He, who is also former President of the Steering Committee of the Asia Pacific Dengue Vaccine Vaccination, said the social impact of the parents can not be measured.

The study uses multiple data sources to estimate costs due to illness in Malaysia by University Malaya Medical Centre with Brandeis University, USA showed that the economic burden of dengue in the country is the AS102 (RM325 million) a year, or approximately AS3.72 (RM11.85) pe capita.

"Another study by UM researchers and Brandeis is on the economic cost of dengue vector control and the cost per capita is estimated AS1.70 (RM5.42).

"Using a vaccine now cost-effective for the state," says Dr. Lam, High Impact Research Consultant University of Malaya (UM).

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, revealed in a press statement on July 11 that a dengue vaccine reduced by 56.5 percent in the group given the vaccine.

This compared with a control group, as observed during 25 active surveillance.

Data also showed better protection against dengue virus type DEN3 and 4 (75 percent), lack of DEN1 (50 percent) and lack of DEN2 (35 percent).

Dr Lam said percent efficacy against DEN2 is low and further analysis needs to be made.

"It is important to await the outcome of the Latin American trial involving more than 20,000 volunteers to see whether the findings are correct," he said.

The final stage of the second test being carried out in Brazil, Columbia, Honduras, Mexico and Puerto Rico over 20,000 children aged between nine and 16 years.

The results will be published before the end of this year.

Just How Effective?

According to Dr Lam, one of the points raised in The Lancet is one dose of vaccine efficacy in spite of three doses, in the five countries where the trials were conducted.

This may reduce the cost of immunization for vaccine might high price.

What it might be related to the fact that the volunteers have existing antibodies due to natural exposure to 'flavivirus' including dengue.

"Further assessment should be made to see whether the findings are consistent.

"If true, this would make the administration of vaccines in countries which have dengue endemic and of course cheaper," said Dr Lam.

The findings also indicated that the vaccine may be more effective in countries which have a high number of dengue cases because of pre-existing antibodies.

For the same reason it is more efficient to children who are older as the group may have experienced.

The vaccine may also not very efficient for those who come from countries that do not have a lot of cases.

"British travelers who want to get immunization against dengue before coming to Malaysia, for example, may get poor protection from the vaccine.

"However, we need to do a larger study before drawing any conclusions," he said.

Dr Lam suggested the vaccine is given to children who attend school in advance, especially in high school.

"The fact of severe dengue happens to young people and to give the vaccine to students of secondary schools, risk group for severe dengue, it can reduce dengue haemorrhagic fever and death in this country", he said.

Next Steps

Almost half of the world's population has been infected with dengue, also known as "break bone fever" because of the extreme pain.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue attack about 100 million people a year, while some experts put the figure tripled.

In Malaysia, a total of 46,681 dengue cases were reported from January to early July this year. This is an increase of 246 percent compared to the same period last year.

The mortality rate for the same period amounted to 87.222 per cent increase from the same period last year.

"In the last 40 years since I started doing research on dengue, it has increased 30-fold in spite of the control measures.

"The vaccine we hope we have additional equipment to repel the attack of the disease.

"If the data from the Latin American trial support the study of Asia, the authorities should seriously consider its use in Malaysia," he said. - Bernama

Source: here

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'Dengue Fever Getting Serious'

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Now, we're going to show some news that we get through online newspaper in Malaysia. Based on Utusan Malaysia newspaper, we know that dengue fever is getting serious. Imagine, 60,713 cases recorded from January to July 7. Here is the copy of the news that we have translated into English for all readers. We can take lessons based on this new.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 - From January to July 7 this year, dengue cases increased to 60.713 compared to 45.484 cases in the same period last year.Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Hilmi Yahaya said that the state remains the largest contributor of dengue cases in the country to record a doubling of the number of deaths compared to last year.He said the number of deaths in the state due to dengue last year only 30 people, but increasing to 86 to early July."The increase in 15,229 cases across the country can be reduced if people are aware of their responsibility to keep the environment in a pristine condition."In addition, during the festive season, the ministry expects another drop in dengue cases in urban areas as people return to their villages," he said.He said when handing Eid to 113 patients at the Hospital nervous Kuala Lumpur (HKL), which was also attended by the Deputy Managing Director of HKL, Norul Hana Isaac and Chairman of the Board of Visitors HKL, Datuk Syed Mehdar Syed Abdullah.He also advised the public to ensure that all water reservoirs of Aedes breeding grounds serviced before returning to the village to celebrate Eid.In another development, Hilmi said the ministry also plans to provide aid such as beds, air-conditioning, ventilator and others to ensure that all patients get nervous at HKL comfort.He said, however, the proposal must first be discussed at the ministerial level and the government also would appreciate if there is a private agency that would like to contribute a respirator at RM100,000 each.

Source: here

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Wednesday

Life Cycle of Mosquito

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Hi readers! Today we will learn about life cycle of mosquito. The mosquito goes through four separate and distinct stages of its life cycle: Egg, Larva, Pupa, and Adult. Each of these stages can be easily recognized by its special appearance.

The length of the mosquito life cycle varies between species and is dependent upon environmental conditions such as temperature and moisture. However, the life cycle of all mosquitoes is comprised of the egg, larval, pupal and adult stages.

Male mosquitoes feed on plant nectar alone, while females extract the blood of hosts in order to develop and nourish eggs. Most mosquitoes lay their eggs directly into water. Others lay their eggs near bodies of water but not within them.

Eggs will hatch into larvae within 24 to 48 hours. Soon become larvae grow to approximately 5 mm in length. Most larvae breathe air through tubes. Larger larvae can be seen floating just above the surface of infested waters.

Within seven to 10 days, larvae enter the pupal stage. Pupae are also visible upon the surface of the breeding site. After a mosquito is fully developed, it will emerge as an adult from its pupal case. At this time, the new adult stands upon the water and dries its wings to prepare for flight. Adult female mosquitoes will then seek an animal on which to feed. Females are capable of flying for miles if necessary and can lay over 100 eggs at a time.

Larvae and pupae usually can not survive without water. If a source water evaporates before the larvae and pupae within it transform into adult mosquitoes, those will often die young.

Enjoy this video below

We hope that you've learnt many new thing here.
Now you knew life cycle of mosquito, so let us prevent dengue!

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Prior to an Vacation

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Hi guys. This time we will share with you about the things that need to be considered when you go out on holiday with your family in a long time. For your information, steps to prevent mosquito breeding should be done to make our homes safe area. Therefore, to maintain the safety and health of all people, we should make such steps :

Close all of our toilet bowls at home
Cover floor traps
Cover bamboo pole horders when not in use
Add sand granular insecticide to places that mosquitoes could potentially breed, such as flower vases and places where stagnant water could not be removed.
Clear blockages and add Bti insecticide in roof gutters.
Turn over all water storage containers.
Ask a relative or close friend to check your home regularly for stagnant water if you are going away for a long period of time.
Leave your contact with your neighbours or the neighbourhood police post/ centre so that you can be reached easily.
Check the roof drain once a week to clean the leaves to prevent the water from flowing.
Keep these fish in large tanks to eradicate mosquito breeding

(photo source : here )

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Thursday

Dengue Patrol Poem

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Today, a total of 8 form 3 students had recited a poem about dengue in different languages like Malay, English, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. Each language is represented by a male student and a female student. The students are selected according to their language skills. Here are the names of the selected students

Malay : Nik Amir Hakim b Soupy and Nur Farah Fakhira bt Zahari
English : Muhammad Naqib Aliff b. Azhar and Nur Asyrani bt. Amir Hamzah
Chinese : Muhammad Adam Shahril and Nur Atiyah Husna bt Husney
Japanese : Muhammad Aliff Najmi b. Khusaini and Nurul Hidayu bt Anuar
Arabic : Muhammad Izuddin b. Zailani and Nur Aishah bt Abdul Majid

Here also we enclose it with a video of poets

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Wednesday

Social Services

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On this day, the form 3 students went to Gemenceh , Negeri Sembilan, Tadika Kemas Batang Melaka and school compound for clean water reservoir to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes that spread dengue fever become an increasingly prevalent in our country. Mrs. Roziyana, Ustaz Sufian and Ms.Zuraidah was responsible for supervising the students. The students were distributing leaflets to encourage the residents to keep the neighborhood. A total of 15 students have been working together to ensure the success of "Mission Attack Against Dengue".The program also strengthens the relationship between the villagers and students SBPIS.

these are the leaflet

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Poster 'Dengue Patrol' Competition

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Today, poster 'Dengue Patrol' competition was held in our school at hall. The Form 1 and Form 2 students were told to take part in the competition in order to raise the awareness among them about the dengue.They were all then were asked to draw any depiction of dengue. This competition were arranged by the form 3 students with the help of some teachers. School only provided the drawing paper while the stationery were prepared by their own.

form 2

form 1

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Quiz 'Dengue Patrol' Competition

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Last Thursday, our school held a quiz competition with the intent to increase students 'knowledge about mosquitoes and test the their understanding of the dangers of dengue fever. The quiz consist of two section which were section A and section B. In section a, there were 11 questions while the section have 6 questions altogether. So, the students were told to answer all 17 quetions within an hour without copying their friends' answers.

These are the photos of us

To look for the quiz questions, you may click our 'Quizes' page and challenge yourself to answer all the questions. Best of luck!

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Painting Mural Dengue Patrol

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Throughout the week,form 3 students were asked to paint a mural on the school wall on patrol dengue. Activities led by teacher Malita going very well and give a good impression. The purpose of this mural painting is to give exposure to students about mosquitoes and dengue fever. Furthermore, the colorful paintings attract students to learn about mosquitoes like mosquito cycle process.

We are also proud of our students who also have talent in painting murals. Their mutual cooperation is greatly appreciated. The students involved are Irfan, Nazhan, Naqibah, Azeeliza, Syamimi, Zulaikha Bakar, Athira, Haikal, Afiq and Azhad.

Youtube url: Mural vids

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'Gotong-royong' activity

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Last weekend, SBPIS held a gotong-royong activity in school. All students who were involved in this activity were arm in arm cleaning the school compound. The purpose of this activity was to reduce the mosquito population by getting rid of places where mosquitoes can breed. The students were asked by the teachers in charge to check on every places in the school which have been the breeding ground of mosquitoes. These included old tires, cans, or flower pots that collected rain.

Here some photos of the activity.

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Tuesday

Introduction

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As we know, dengue is a type of fever Also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus .Dengue fever is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with a dengue virus. The mosquito becomes infected when it bites a person with dengue virus in their blood. It can’t be spread directly from one person to another person. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles. In a small proportion of cases, the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure occurs.

Therefore, this blog was created to share with other people about our activities along the dengue patrol program. Every activities will be included with pictures and some videos for more enjoyment and evidences for readers. We will be update every activities we had done in this blog. Do follow and check it out together! That's all from us, till we meet again. Thank you and bye.

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