Community Mobilization, Behaviour Change and Biological Control in the Prevention and Control of Dengue Fever in Viet Nam
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A unique nine-year collaborative programme between Vietnamese and international medical scientists and an aid organization has established an innovative and successful community-based dengue vector control programme in Viet Nam. The use of predacious copepods combined with new water management practices by nine communes in northern and central Viet Nam helped eliminate the main dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti. The model was enthusiastically taken up by communities with apparent ease and a high level of acceptability as demonstrated by post-project sustainability and expansion. This paper describes how the use of community health volunteers helped DF/DHF prevention practices within the community and made an essential contribution to Ae. aegypti elimination.
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