Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed relevant authorities to take necessary measures to enhance public awareness against dengue, including loudspeaker announcements across neighbourhoods and awareness messages delivered during Friday Jummah prayer sermons.
The Prime Minister issued these directives on Tuesday during a meeting on dengue prevention and control held at the Cabinet Division in the Prime Minister’s Office at the Bangladesh Secretariat.
Addressing the meeting, Tarique emphasized that the next few months are extremely crucial for dengue control.
He stressed that all concerned government agencies must work in a co-ordinated manner to curb the spread of dengue during this period, with intensified preventive measures in areas recording higher infection rates.
Underlining the vital importance of ensuring public participation, the prime minister instructed that regular miking be conducted in neighbourhoods to build awareness and that advice on dengue prevention be included in Jummah prayer sermons.
The meeting also resolved to keep government residential quarters and hospital premises clean.
Importance was laid on strengthening co-ordination among relevant ministries, divisions, and agencies to ensure the effectiveness of dengue prevention activities.
The meeting was attended by Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain; State Minister for Health M A Muhit; State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Mir Shahe Alam; Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Shakirul Islam Khan; Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Abdus Salam; and Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Shafiqul Islam Khan Milton.
Secretaries and senior officials from relevant ministries were also present.
