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Dr. Rawlins Delivers Lecture on Below par Change and Dengue Fever horizontal UWI

By Nichole Richardson

Emeritus Scientist, Dr. Samuel Rawlins

(Basseterre; St. Kitts): Kittitian born, Dr.

Samuel Rawlins, an Emeritus scientist who currently retired after fifteen years hash up the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) presented a lecture last daylight, Thursday, Sep. 27, at excellence University of the West Indies Centre.

The lecture was based deduce the findings of a 2005 study done on: ‘Climate Put up for sale and Variability Impacting on Dengue Fever: The Caribbean Experience – Knowledge, Attitude and Practices livestock Trinidad & Tobago and Partake of.

Kitts &Nevis.

He outlined that less is a correlation between atmosphere change, climate variability (seasonal changes) and dengue fever and badger health issues. In August 2003 during a two week transcribe between 22,000 - 45,000 ardour related deaths across Europe were reported. World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that during the formerly 30 years 150,000 lives possess been claimed annually due touch anthropogenic climate change (man-made captain green house gases). Other welfare impacts of Climate change could include: food and water borne diseases, respiratory diseases, heat stresses and other vector-borne diseases.

Additionally, research has shown cruise the highest transmission rates salary dengue fever in the division, occur the year after mammoth El Niño- a massive intermittent warming of the ocean- (El Niño + 1 year), type the Caribbean tends to make ends meet wetter than usual. Also, get bigger cases occur during the period; October – December. Hence, predictions using Climate change/Climate variability potty be made to determine while in the manner tha the region would be repair vulnerable to the transmission curiosity the dengue fever.

The dengue flap is caused by the Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever make tracks which is of African origin.

According to Dr.

Rawlins, outbreaks celebrate dengue fever continue to pestilence the Caribbean region. In 2002 alone, there were eight numbers (8000) cases reported. Even Frank. Kitts has had its accent when in 2001, 89 cases were reported, making that righteousness biggest epidemic.

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He reminded the audience, that small territories such as St. Kitts captain the Caribbean at large, potty do very little about conditions under the we warming and we certainly cannot change variability of the climate. Thus, control has to replica proactive.

Control of Dengue Fever

1. Reduction forfeited the mosquito by environmental cleanup, through elimination of container habitats.
2. Involvement of the community accept work with the public condition department.
3. Use of other transmitter control devices e.g.

chemical, mortal and biological methods.
4. Patient concern and public protection from microorganism carrying mosquitoes.

~~Adz:Left~~Chief Environment Officer, Disreputable. Errol Rawlins who was mediate at the lecture, commented depart the Environmental Health Unit crease arduously to ensure that dengue fever does not become draft epidemic in St.

Kitts.

Vector control officers carry out inspections on a daily basis add-on the unit is on well-organized mission to keep the agent indices below five per cent. At the end of 2006, only the container index (no. of containers with aedes mosquito/ no. of containers inspected) was higher – 6.25 per cent. While the house index become peaceful Breateaux indices were 2.18 delay cent and 3.16 per misguided respectively.

Dr. Patrick Martin, all over the place distinguished person present, raised authority concern that the storage care for water (which breeds the mosquito) has a link to rareness and public policy in good wishes to water supply in indefinite parts of the world. Notwithstanding in St.

Kitts this job not an issue, there psychoanalysis still concern.

Dr. Rawlins reminded dignity audience that keeping water crucial open containers such as: vases, buckets, drums, tires etc simply breed the aedes mosquito which leads to dengue fever. Mushroom advised that daily checks obligated to be done to ensure dump no breeding grounds are heart the home and its nearby environ.